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THE 



FIRST AMERICAN 



MILCH GOAT SHOW 

At Rochester, N. Y., 1913. 

ALSO STANDARDS FOR 

Saanens and Toggenburgs 



And Other Pertinent Information of 



The Standard Milch Goat Breeders' Club 
of North America 




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ENTRANCE TO EOCHESTEE EXHIBITION PARK. 



THE GOAT WILL BE THE FOSTEB- 

MOTHEB OF GENERATIONS YET 

UNBOEN. 



Dr. Louis G. Knox, Danbury, Conn., is on 
record with the above prophecy. He says: 

"Our club has the health and happiness 
of this generation in its keeping more than 
the breeders in any other of our animal indus- 
tries, in that we alone can supply what the 
peojde require in an absolutely prophylactic 
pabulum and delicacy. Innoxious, uninfectious, 
sanitary nourishment for the infant, the child, 
the invalid and the aged, has been until recently 
a reflective problem for the medical man, as 
well as the layman. All the different stages 
of our existence depend not only upon nourish- 
ment, harmless in character, but its perfect 
assimilation for best results. The ideal food 
for our purpose is human milk, from healthy, 
unimpregnated mothers. Its only substitute 
of equal value is now offered and can be sup- 
plied from matured, healthy, unimpregnated 
milch goats. It is the only and reliable whole- 
some milk in reach. The statistics of the 
world are against the use of cows ' milk today 
for food in the above mentioned classes. The 
fourth annual report of the District of Colum- 
bia Association for the Prevention of Tuber- 
culosis, and this is from the most reliable 
and highest source of information in the United 
States, tells us that one-fourth of all eases of 
tuberculosis among children under 16 years of 
age, and one-eighth of all fatal cases under 
5 years of age are due to bovine tuberculosis. 
And among children fed exclusively on cows' 
milk, nine out of ten cases of fatal tuberculosis 
revealed that five or 55 per cent were due 
to bovine infection. The most noted authorities 
of Europe and America agree that the qual- 
ities of goats' milk lie in its chemical com- 
position, its immunity from the danger of 
carrying the germs of tuberculosis make it 
the "ne plus ultra" of all foods. As a 
prophecy, remember that the goat will be the 
foster-mother and wet-nurse of generations 
vet unborn. 



FEB -5 19/4 



CONSTITUTION OF THE STANDARD 

MILCH GOAT BREEDERS' CLUB 

OF NORTH AMERICA. 



ARTICLE I — NAME. 

This club shall be called ' ' Standard Milch 
Goat Bleeders' Club of North America." 

ARTICLE II — OBJECTS. 

The objects of the club are: To promote 
interest in the breeding of milch goats; to 
encourage efforts to improve the quality and 
standard of milch goats; to provide for proper 
registration and records of pedigrees; to con- 
duct exhibitions for the education of the public 
as to the value of milch goats and to stimulate 
co-operation among breeders for protection and 
progress. 

ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP. 

Section 1. Any owner or keeper of a milch 
goat, any person interested in the breeding, 
importation, or development of milch goats or 
in the use of goat 's milk, may become an 
active member, by vote of the club, upon sub- 
scribing to the constitution and paying the dues 
for the current year. 

Section 2. Any person may be elected an 
honorary member, without the power to vote, 
by a two-thirds vote of all active members. 

ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS. 

The officers of the club shall be a president, 
a vice-president, a secretary-treasurer and two 
trustees. Such officers shall be active members 
and be elected by ballot at the annual meeting 
in each year. The president shall not be 
eligible for re-election to succeed himself. 

ARTICLE V — MEETINGS. 

Section 1. There shall be an annual meeting 
of the club on the last Saturday of September, 
and a stated meeting on the last Saturday of 
June in each year. 

Section 2. Special meetings may be called 
by the officers, and must be called by the 
secretary-treasurer on the written request of 
five members specifying the purpose of such 
call. At such special meeting no business shall 
be transacted except that specified in the call. 

Section 3. At any meeting of the club, three 
active members shall be a quorum. 

Section 4. Meetings of the officers may be 
called by the president or by any two other 
officers. Notice of such meeting must be 
mailed at least three days before the meeting. 

Section 5. All meetings shall be held in 
Rochester, N. Y. 

ARTICLE VI — DUES. 

The annual dues shall be one dollar. 

ARTICLE VII — RESIGNATION AND EXPULSION. 

Any member may resign by presenting to 
the Secretary a written resignation, provided 
current dues are paid. 



Any member may be expelled for misconduct. 
Notice of intention to vote on the expulsion 
of any member must be sent by registered 
mail to every member at least ten days before 
the meeting at which such vote is taken. 

ARTICLE VIII — POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

The officers shall manage the affairs of the 
club subject to the constitution. No financial 
obligation shall be incurred for or in the name 
of the club by any officer without a vote at a 
formal meeting of officers. The officers shall 
discharge the usual duties of their offices and 
render a written report and account at the 
annual meeting. 

ARTICLE IX — AMENDMENT. 

This constitution may be amended by a 
two-thirds vote of all active members at any 
meeting, provided the proposed amendment 
has been mailed to all members ten days 
before. 

Officers of the Standard Milch Goat Breed- 
ers' Club of North America, whose terms of 
office expire September 26, 1914: 

President — Mark A. Nicholls, Lockport, 
N. Y. 

General Vice-President — James G. Greene, 
520 German Insurance Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 

Secretary-treasurer — Theo. F. Jager, ' ' Jager- 
hof," Barnard, N. Y. 

Trustees — Ernest C. Arlidge, Barnard, N. 
Y. ; Adam Kittelberger, Webster, N. Y. 

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

California — Miss Beatrice A. R. Stocker, 
San Luis Obispo. 

Connecticut — Dr. Louis G. Knox, Danbury. 

Idaho — Dr. Will Potter, Kootenai. 

Indiana — William C. Shirley, Orleans. 

Michigan— J. S. Comins, R, 6 Box 64, Battle 
Creek. 

Massachusetts — Dr. J. P. Torrey, Andover. 

Minnesota — Gust. Belkey, Glyndon. 

Maine — W. H. Gannett, Augusta. 

Missouri — Dr. R. Schmidt, Hannibal. 

New York — Miss Emma E. Hunnikin, R. D. 
49, Schenectady. 

Maryland — Mrs. M. B. Ettein, Easton. 

Ohio— Mrs. Adele M. Lee, Sta. B, Toledo. 

Oklahoma — Dr. H. H. Lauderdale, Sulphur. 

Oregon — Alva L. McDonald, Stock Exch. 
Bldg., Portland. 

Pennsylvania — Dr. E. S. Gordon, Cranbury. 

Rhode Island— F. L. Thornton, 164 Pond 
St., Providence. 

Washington — A. A. Griggs, Blaine, R. D. 2. 

West Virginia — S. D. Stokes, Williamson. 

Wisconsin — R. J. Hillier, Sparta. 



M. A. Nicholls, Geo. Hak, Harry I. Bene- 
dict, Lockport, N. Y. ; Ernest C. Arlidge, Theo. 
F. Jagar, Barnard, N. Y. ; James G. Greene, 
520 German Ins. Bldg.; T. W. Spillsbury, 315 
Plymouth Ave., Wm. Ralston, Lathrop Pet 
Shop, C. W. Beach, 69 Alexander St., Geo. T. 
Thurston, 437 Post St., Wm. Seybeth, 1114 
Clifford Ave., Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. C. 0. 
Shannon, Mis. P. G. Hackendahl, Brighton 
Sta., N. Y.; Adam Kittelberger, Webster, N. 
Y.; G. M. Girk, Pittsford, N. Y.; H. L. Web- 
ster, Warsaw, N. Y. ; Alois Diethelm, Exp. 
Sta., Geneva, N. Y. ; C. W. Griggs, Trout Run, 
Pa. ; John H. Harnish, Windom, Lancaster 
County, Pa.; S. J. Sharpies, Newtown, Bucks 
Co., Pa.; J. W. Grute, R. D. No. 66, Cochran- 
ton, Pa.; Mrs. H. Viger, Clarendon, Pa.; 
Miss Emma E. Hnnnikin, R. D. No. 49, 
Schenectady, N. Y. ; C. E. Briggs, 7 Merrick 
St., Binghamton, N. Y.; Wm. S. Doolittle, 
Cuylerville, N. Y. ; Fred T. Servis, Britton 
Road, Charlotte. N. Y.; Geo. H. Ball, Brock- 
port, N. Y., R.' D. No. 2; W. D. Reynolds, 
Belfast, N. Y.; Mrs. Flora C. McKeand, Ebe- 
nezer, N. Y. ; Dr. E. S. Gordon, "The 
Larches," Cranbury, N. J.; Frank L. Thorn- 
Ion, 164 Pond St., Providence, R. I.; A. A. 
Griggs, R. D. 2, Blaine, Wash. ; Miss Beatrice 



A. R. Stocker, San Luis Obispo, Cal. ; Gust. 
Belkey, Glyndon, Minn.; A. L. McDonald, 
Stock' Exch. Bldg., Portland, Ore.; Dr. Will 
H. Potter, Kootenai, Idaho; Dr. PL H. Lauder- 
dale, Sulphur, Okla.; W. G. Todd, East Bridge- 
water, Mass.; Dr. J. P. Torrey, Geo. B. Ripley, 
Andover, Mass.; Ambler Goat Dairy, Kendal 
Green, Mass.; Miss Mary S. Packard, R. D. 2, 
Rehoboth, Mass.; Dr. Louis G. Knox, Dan- 
bury, Conn. ; S. D. Stokes, Williamson, W. Va. ; 
Lewis W. Ranker, Tiffin, O. ; Mrs. Adele W. 
Lee, Sta. B, Toledo, O.; Dr. R. Schmidt, 
Hannibal, Mo.; Dr. W. A. Kendall, Poplar 
Bluff, Mo.; Mrs. M. B. Ettien, Easton, M<L, 
R, D. 2; Wm. C. Shirley, Orleans, Lid.; Geo. 
W. Prewitt, R, D. 4, Orleans, Ind.; C. A. 
Mitchell, Sr., Bx. 617, Second St., East Roches- 
ter, Ind.; Adna G. Bowen, Cook Building, 
Medina, N. Y. ; W. H. Gannett, Augusta, Me.; 
J. S. Comins, R. 6, Box 64, Battle Creek, 
Mich.; Elmer F. Dwyer, Lynn, Mass.; James 
L. Sinister, Penfield, N. Y.; Mr; and Mrs. 
Christensen, Hackensack St., Wood Ridge, N. 
J.; Dr. M. S. Gooding, Brockport, N. Y. ; 
W. A. Hosley, Belmont, N. Y.; R. J. Hillier, 
Ass't Supt. State Public School, Sparta, Wis.; 
H. H. Stuart, Eishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., Box 
833 ; Clark Haive, Boyne City, Mich. ; Dr. E. 
S Fuller, Piqua, Ohio. 




Saanen Doe and Graded Doe, shown by Miss Hunnikin. 
The types illustrate the promises of good grades. 



Tlir good milk of good goats brings the 
blush of health to pale cheeks. — Dr. Will H. 
Potter. 



The goats kept us going in milk all the 
time, and it was in that dry time I overcome 
my prejudice and ate and relished goat meat. 
—J. R. Chisholm. 



Winthrop Howland, Redlands, Cal., endorses 
the exhibit in admitting the personal experi- 
ences of a visitor to appear in the Angora 
Journal, saying: "The following article by 
Dr. John P. Torrey of Andover, Mass., who 
writes of his visit to the milch goat show at 
the Rochester, N. Y., Exposition, should prove 
of great interest to readers of the Journal. ' ' 



PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS OF THE 

MILCH GOAT SHOW— ROCHESTER, 

N. Y., EXPOSITION. 



By John P. Torrey, M. D., Andover, Mass. 



It was my privilege to spend two days 
(September 16th and 17th) at the milch goat 
show held under the auspices of the Rochester 
Exposition. Thinking that other goat fanciers, 
not able to attend, might be interested, I will 
tell what I saw and learned during my few 
hours at the show. 

The Standard Milch Goat Breeders' Club of 
North America was housed on the grounds in 
three tents ; one small office tent for the 
secretary and members, one large tent full of 
does which were arranged in a long row of 
stalls on each side, and the third tent con- 
tained bucks and some does, the overflow from 
the larger one. Every stall was filled, there 
being 12S goats on the grounds, and others 
registered had not arrived. This number was 
far in excess of that expected, 50 being con- 
sidered a consenative estimate before the 
entries were sent in. 

At the secretary 's tent could be found liter- 
ature upon goat culture, books, papers, pamph- 
lets, while raid posters in large type adorned 
the poles in all three tents, bearing such 
legends as this : ' ' For the female of the 
species is not so odorous as the male," or 
as this: "283,106 goats passed the Federal 
meat inspection service; not one had tuber- 
culosis"; and many others. 

The goats were arranged with bucks and 
does in separate tents, as far as possible. 
For the sake of judging and comparative study 
it would have been advisable to have those 
of each kind together; whereas all kinds be- 
longing to one breeder were placed in adjoin- 
ing stalls. In regard to the feeding and 
care of the goats, and in fact, the whole 
management of the show offers little room 
for criticism, and is a great credit to those 
having the matter in charge, particularly to 
Superintendent Jager. He was more than 
hospitable and efficient in every way. He was 
assisted by several local men m the informa- 
tion tent and by faithful goar tenders who 
cared for and milked the animals. The milk 
was obtained from 27 does entered in the 
dairy claf-s. Each milking was weighed and 
samples tested. 

It was a new experience to see a large 
10-quart pail two thirds full of milk coming 
from a goat dairy! This milk was put into 
pint and half-pint bottles and sold for 10 
and 15 cents as samples. 

Every exhibitor was furnished a book of 
tickets admitting him to the grounds. Of 
the exhibitors present I met Mr. Jas. G. Green 
of Rochester, who won a blue card with his 
pure Toggenburg buck "Rex" (under two- 
year class). The president of the association,. 
Mr. M. A. Nicholls, of Lockport, N. Y., owner 
of the famous Saanen buck "Sam," the best 
Saanen buck in the show. Mr. .lager, the 



secretary, who in a sportsmanlike spirit kept 
his own very excellent holdings from ' ' Jager- 
hof, " of Toggenburgs, Saanens and grades, 
in modest retirement, could not help getting 
several blue cards and specials when the judge 
passed around. 

That the club is progressive was shown by 
the number of lady members, the happiest of 
whom was Doctor Gordon of New Jersey. She 
won with "Ali Baba, " a pure Toggenburg 
buck, first prize sweepstakes for best buck in 
the show, and other prizes too numerous to 
mention, as the auction bills say. She also 
had some beautiful does; quality rather than 
quantity must be her motto. Mrs. Shannon 
also had some beautiful Toggenburgs and won 
first with her ' ' Sam Jr., ' ' the under two-year 
son of Sam senior, the Saanen first prize 
buck, the judge rating the get better than his 
she. Dr. Knox of Connecticut owns a doe 
sired by "Ali Baba," the prize Toggenburg, 
but did not have her with him. His spirit of 
the kennels, however, added much to shaping 
the policies of our infant association. 

Of those not present during my stay, I 
enjoyed studying the stock exhibited by Mr. 
E. E. Arlidge of Barnard, N. Y., by Mr. C. W. 
Griggs of Trout Run, Pa., who has a strain 
of Nubian and Toggenburgs which he calls 
Nuburgs. He had quite an exhibit and as 
the stock is young, judgment of its qualities 
and milk production can be very properly 
suspended until more time has elapsed. The 
Toggenburg traits seemed to predominate. The 
exhibit of Dr. R. Schmidt, of Hannibal, Mo., 
two most excellent Toggenburg does only 8 
months' old, was to my mind the best in the 
show, excepting the Tog. buck "Ali Baba." 
They are wonders of beauty and size, no horns, 
1 eautiful mild eyes, round and plump bodies, 
so that they won first in their class, first in 
the condition test, and also the long distance 
prize, which one would hardly expect to go 
with excellence in condition. They were the 
truest in color and Toggenburg type in the 
show. We are certainly greatly indebted to 
both Drs. Gordon and Schmidt for sending 
such valuable specimens so far for our instruc- 
tion. Mrs. Ettien and several others whose 
names I have not by me showed fine stock. 
There were some Sehwartzenberg-Guggisberger 
goats, some Maltese and a few natives, but 
the main interest always turned to Toggenburg 
and Saanen, while in this show certainly the 
current set strongly toward Toggenburgs. 

Great pleasure was afforded those present in 
watching the judging, by Mr. Alois Diethelm, 
lately from Switzerland, and now located with 
the New York State Experiment Station at 
Geneva, N. Y. He is thoroughly versed in 
old country goat lore, so that his peculiar 
fitness, fairness and skill as a judge was 
unquestioned. 



In conversation with him I understood him 
to state that the Saanen buck should possess 
the following points: He should be long in 
body, hornless, with broad head and chest, 
head narrowing at the muzzle, having black 
spots on hairless skin about the nostrils. He 
should have square broad hips, rather long legs 
with short hair on hips; should weigh 130 
pounds or thereabouts. Wattles or bells on 
neck in bucks and does immaterial in Saanens 
but should always be present in Toggenburgs. 
The eyes should be full with a mild expression 
in both breeds. The color of Toggenburgs 
is a rich chocolate brown, rather lighter in the 
bucks than in the does. The does have two 
white stripes down the face and white on 
legs. Some have long and some have short 
hair. Apologies to Mr. Diethelm, if I have 
misquoted him. 

After the judging was completed members 
of the association present were called to order 
in the Secretary's tent by President Nichols. 
The warrant consisted of five articles, the 
second of which was first considered and thus 
48 new members were added to the association. 
The name of the organization was next con- 
sidered, and it was voted to change the name 
to "Standard Milch Goat Breeders' Club of 
North America," for the purpose of broaden- 
ing the scope of the club's activities so that 
all breeders of milch goats on the North 
American continent may be welcomed to the 
work and advantages of the club. 

Fellow goat fanciers who are working for 
ment of milch goats here in America and 
practical milk production and the develop- 
Canada join with us; we need your help in 
our efforts to develop a worthy race of milch 
goats equal to the finest in the old world. 

The question of standard points to be re- 
quired by us, in judging the two leading breeds, 
Toggeuburg and Saanen, was next considered. 
After a set of standards had been read by 
the secretary for our consideration, a com- 
mittee was appointed of well-known breeders 
with Mr. Jager and Mr. Diethelm in addition, 
to study these preliminary drafts of standard 
requirements and report at a future meeting. 

The matter of a trial board to investigate 
frauds on the part of dealers in or out of 
the society was disposed of by the appointment 
of such a board, whose duties will be to 
investigate both sides of the story, giving the 
accused an opportunity for explanation, and 
where fraud is shown notifying our members 
lest others be imposed upon. Of course any 
such conduct or misrepresentations by any 
member of this club, if proved, would forfeit 
his standing with us, and blacklist his business 
among all breeders. So we must see to it 
that all our dealings have the true sportsman 
ring of sincerity and honor. This will ad- 
vance true goat culture more rapidly than 
anything else. The above seemed to me to 
be the unanimous sentiment of the club. 



The matter of maintaining a separate jour- 
nal as the organ of the club was for the 
present deferred, thinking that our writings 
would draw more public attention if sent to 
general agricultural papers which go into so 
many homes of people who need to be educated 
to goat culture, and would not from lack of 
interest subscribe to a special goat journal. 
(Copies of those journals now devoting space 
to our work, such as the Angora Journal and 
Eural Life and others were on exhibition and 
for sale over the counter.) 

Next to be considered was the establishment 
of a scientific, honest and accurate registra- 
tion. Until the committee upon standard re- 
quirements have reported and the society has 
adopted such we cannot register our stock. 
But to cut short delay, a committee was 
chosen to go with the judge, Mr. Diethelm, 
over the prizewinners at the show, and to 
notify owners of those animals that their 
holdings were, in the estimation of Mr. Diet- 
helm, good enough to show 75 per cent of 
the points usually required by their respective 
breeds. The committee performed their duties 
at once and owners will be so notified. In 
this way there will be some candidates passed 
upon by a competent authority to form a 
nucleus for registration when the club is pre- 
pared to establish it; while others may be 
registered when they come up to the standards 
adojited by the club. 

Lastly, it was voted to appoint the various 
state vice-presidents in charge of a state 
bureau or headquarters to find out those in 
their state who have goats, and those who 
are interested to buy them, aiding each party 
in any way possible. 

The goats are attracting much attention 
from the public and are one of the popular 
features of this year's Exposition. 

As far as we know, it is the first goat show 
of any size, in this part of the country at 
least. The club hopes that local fairs will 
include these animals among their exhibits, 
thus they would bring to light many good 
animals at present not located. The scarcity 
of good stock or even of any stock is hard 
for the public to understand. But those of 
us who own a few goats realize that time 
and patience must be had as well as money 
in making progress toward owning a thorough- 
bred herd. It is still impossible to import 
stock from the continent of Europe because 
of foot and mouth disease. A few get in 
with Italian immigrants, and a few occasionally 
have the pull and the money to get by. 
English goats may be brought in. 

All united in praising the milk for babies 
and sick people. The milch goat show is a 
complete success and has undoubtedly come 
to stay in our large exhibits of animal hus- 
bandry. 



Little things sometimes worry a man the 
most — twins, for instance; but not when they 
are goats. — Dr. E. Schmidt. 




Supt. Theo. F. Jager showing the Saanen buck 

"Sam Jr." 

Bred at the New York Agrl. Exp. Station. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING AND 

REPORT OF THE MILCH GOAT SHOW 

HELD AT EXPOSITION PAKK, 

ROCHESTEE, N. Y. 



September 15 to 27, 1913. 

To produce the best possible milk, easily di- 
gested by the weakest stomach of the youngest 
infant, at a small fraction of the cost of milk 
gained from any other source, is the mission of 
the faithful "Nanny," the poor man's aid to 
tight the high cost of living. To bring these 
glad tidings to all the land, the exhibition and 
dairy demonstration was given. The superintend 
ent has been instructed to pilot all on the shorter 
way to a better living, so read the welcome sign 
to all visitors. 

THE STORY OF THE CLUB. 



As we look back a few months and review 
the events that have aided us to shape our 
policies since we, as an association, saw the 
light of day, on May 24, 1913, we are 
astounded at the growth we have made, the 
work we already have accomplished and, 
cheered on with what has been done, we face 
the future and the arduous labor ahead of us 
in the full strength of youth, protected in 
the armor of righteousness, fully confident 
that we shall bring order into chaos, rewards 
to the deserving and lay a restraining hand 
on everything that is not fair to the milch 
goat, its breeder and the general public, a 
public that sacrifices every year 300,000 babies 
on the altar of ignorance. 

The few personal appeals which I mailed 
out to breeders of milch goats, their friends 
and advocates, residing in or near Rochester, 
N. Y., early last May, for the purpose of 
forming a local or country milch goat breeders' 
club, brought six men ' ' staunch and true ' ' 
together. W. Sheldon Bull, unavoidably de- 
tained, wrote that he would be with us in 
spirit. So it is that we can say, that ' ' seven 
men ' ' formed the nucleus of the present club. 
May they live long and be remembered longer. 

On May 24, this little band of milch goat 
believers met in the law offices of James G. 
Greene, in Rochester, N. Y. Present were: 
James G. Greene, Brighton, N. Y. ; G. M. 
Girk, Pittsford, N. Y. ; Adam Kittelberger, 
Webster, N. Y. ; Theo. F. Jager, Barnard, N. 
Y.; M. A. Nicholls, Lockport, N. Y.; T. W. 
Spillsbury, Rochester, N. Y., and by letter, 
W. S. Bull, Buffalo, N. Y. M. A. Nicholls 
was elected president pro tern. On motion 
I he president appointed J. G. Greene, T. W. 
Spillsbury and Adam Kittelberger as a com- 
mittee to draw up constitution and by-laws, 
the same to be submitted for approval at a 
tut me meeting. J. G. Greene and Theo. F. 
Jager were appointed a committee to consult 
with the Rochester Industrial Exhibition Com- 
pany regarding the possibility of a goat show 
to be held later in the year. The fact, now 
established, that this show was a glorious 
success, speaks well, both for this committee, 



Secretary E. F. Edwards of the exhibition 
and the club. Owing to my close connection 
with the daily press, being a member of the 
Rochester Xewswriters' Club, all dailies were 
induced to give this little "band of seven'' 
and the goat much prominence. The Living- 
ston "Democrat" said editorially, "with the 
constantly increasing price of milk, goats are 
coming into use more and more. We see that 
an association of breeders of milch goats is 
to be formed in Rochester. This should solve 
the milk question in that city. ' ' The Roches 
ter "Post Express" said: 

"The association aims to educate the public 
regarding the value of goats' milk for in- 
fants' and invalids' use and its richness and 
adaptability for all kitchen or table purposes, 
and will also prove its low cost of production, 
especially where the householder has his own 
animal to furnish the milk, as good sustenance 
for a goat can be giown on any backlot oi 
easily gathered by older children from the 
highways. 

' ' M. A. Nicholls, one of the oldest goat 
breeders in the state, expects great benefits 
from the annual goat exhibitions and Swiss 
milk goat dairies that the association will hold 
this fall in order to convince the public of 
the cleanliness and desirability of the milk, 
the cheese dishes that can be made from the 
same, and the extremely low cost of the prod- 
ucts, feed consumed, considered. It was 
stated, that a cow is able to produce its own 
weight five times per year in milk, while a 
goat of the better strains will give its own 
weight fifteen times in milk. 

"James G. Green, who has for some yea is 
maintained a small herd of Toggenburgs, in- 
vited the goat breeders who had never tasted 
the meat of either fattened kids or yearlings, 
to join him in enjoying the dish of kings, 
'roasted kid,' on a festive board, that should 
contain not only the meat, but also the milk 
and various cheeses and butter made from 
goats' milk." 

The Rochester "Democrat and Chronicle'' 
said: 

"The recent possibility of a milk famine 
and the high milk prices have done much 
to bring the oft-despised goat into favor with 
small householders, who have found, it is 
said, that one or two goats of the right breed 
and age are fully able to supply their house- 
holds with a milk that is highly desirable for 
ordinary uses and is unsurpassed for the 
nourishment of infants. It is the idea of the 
association that will be formed tomorrow to 
educate all who are in need of the best milk 
as to the best means of obtaining it. 

"Not all goats are milch goats and it is 
not every breed that is able to make good 
on the many claims often made for it. The 



association will aim to protect buyers and 
keepers of goats and will instruct persons 
who intend to keep the animals in their 
care. ' ' 

Editorially, the "Democrat and Chronicle" 
brought under the caption "the goat to have 
its day ' ' the following : 

' ' The much neglected goat is to have its 
day in court. There has long been a suspicion 
that this pugnacious animal, which is credited 
with thriving on a diet of rejected fruit tins, 
paper from the bill boards and Canada thistles, 
lias not been given due credit as a potential 
factor in reducing the cost of living. Now, 
according to official announcements, a goat 
convention is to be held at Exposition Park 
in the coming fall, and a meeting of the 
goat breeders of seventeen counties of Western 
New York will be held in Rochester today 
to arrange for the fall event. 

' ' It is the contention of the members of 
the association that the goat can be made a 
prominent economic, factor in the United 
States, as it is in Switzerland and other 
cheese-producing countries. Experts have 
found rare value in goat's milk, and a bulletin 
from the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry 
has pointed out the importance of goat meat 
as a substitute for mutton. It appears that 
a few enterprising Western New York farmers 
and business men, with a large sprinkling of 
professional men, have been quietly investigat- 
ing the merits of different species of goats. 
It is intimated that these experiments have 



demonstrated that, when the better grades of 
goats are given the same care and attention 
which are bestowed upon sheep and cattle, 
they abundantly reward such favored treat- 
ment. 

"It is with a view of calling the attention 
of people to this source of alleged choice and 
wholesome food, and to improve the condition 
of the goat, that the Western New York Milch 
Goat Breeders will take part in the coming 
exposition. 

"It is claimed that the breeding of high- 
grade goats in Western New York is no longer 
an experiment. It is to demonstrate the 
validity of this claim, and to foster an in 
dustry which already has received the un 
qualified indorsement of the Agricultural De- 
partment, that visitors to the Industrial 
Exposition in the coming fall will be invited 
to partake of goat's milk, cheeses, roasts, 
chops and fillets." 

The 25,000 babies that die annually in New 
York state, ' ' are an indictment against our 
civilization, ' ' inasmuch ' ' as well known author- 
ities estimate that at least half of these 
deaths were preventable by known practicable 
methods," proclaimed Governor Sulzer re- 
cently before the infant welfare conference, 
"It is a disgrace, ' ' he concluded, ' ' that we 
have not hitherto given this subject the con- 
sideration to which it is entitled." 

The Western New York Milch Goat Breeders ' 
Association, embracing the seventeen counties 
in Western New York, that was formed, aimed 







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to do its utmost to save the babies. Its aim 
was so good, its work so appealing to all 
within the state, that at one of the meetings 
held later in the year the proposal to make 
it a state organization was adopted. The 
word "Western" was dropped from the name 
and as the "New York Milch Goat Breeders' 
Association," its membership roll was opened 
to all residents of the state. We thought we 
had reached the limit, but soon found, that 
intelligent and earnest women and men in 
other states, even as far as Washington, Okla- 
homa, Minnesota and elsewhere, were follow- 
ing the very zeals that we had set ourselves, 
and in deference to their request our ranks 
were again widened and the association be- 
come truly national in character, or as we 
said on our letter heads, "a national associa- 
tion to promote interest in the breeding of 
milch goats and to encourage efforts to im- 
prove their quality and to establish standards; 
conduct exhibitions for the education of the 
public, and to stimulate co-operation among 
breeders for mutual protection and progress." 
This is still our aim; it remains as our motto 
unaltered, except insofar as we have again 
been asked to enlarge and now embrace all 
countries of North America. The name of 
the association was changed at the meeting 
held on September 17, 1913, to "The Standard 
Milch Goat Breeders' Club of North Amer- 
ica." A long name, but a worthy one. It 
covers its aims, its hopes, its work. May it- 
live forever and may its name become a 
synonym for truth and quality in milch goats, 
and a household word everywhere where a 
' ' baby ' ' gladdens a home. Babies ' welfare 
and milch goats go hand in hand. 

Theo. F. Jager. 



MINUTES OF MEETING HELD AT 

EOCHESTEE, N. Y., SEPTEMBEE 

17, 1913. 



Presiding officer — President M. A. Nicholls, 
Lockport, N. Y. 

Secretary — Theo. F. Jager, Barnard, N. Y. 

After the election of forty-eight new mem- 
bers, many of them physicians and women, 
two classes as a rule, mostly interested in 
milch goats, the business proceeded as fol- 
lows: 

On motion, the president appointed the fol- 
lowing Saanen Standard Committee, said com- 
mittee to be permanent : 

J. G. Greene, chairman ; Theo. F. Jager, 
secretary; Dr. E. S. Gordon, Mrs. Adele B. 
Lee, S. J. Sharpies, Miss B. A. E. Stocker, 
Alois Diethelm. 

The Toggenburg Standard Committee, same 
to be .permanent, consists of the following: 

Dr. E. S. Gordon, chairman; Dr. J. P. 
Torrey, secretary; Dr. E. Schmidt, Wm. C. 
Shirley and J. G. Greene, Theo. F. Jager, 
E. C. Arlidge. 

The duties of these committees consist in 



promulgating an acceptable standard for the 
breeds mentioned. Theo. F. Jager, in present- 
ing a standard for Saanen goats, said: "I 
have used all foreign authorities on the sub- 
ject of Saanens, have collected a large number 
of typical photographs of the best goats in 
this and foreign countries, studied the animals 
in life here, in Germany and in Switzerland, 
and believe that the proposed standard, as 
I hand it to the members here assembled, will 
meet with their approval. The standard illus- 
tration of a typical doe, which is the work of 
a German artist showing the blendings of 
all good points wanted in the Saanen is in 
my opinion worthy of your acceptance as ideal. 
Your president has instructed the committee 
to get in touch with the best breeders of 
these breeds and to get their views, and as 
I have published copies of the proposed stan- 
dard in leading milch goat periodicals, I have 
reason to hope, that the standard, by the 
time it has gone through' its purifying process 
of criticism, will remain the law for all breed- 
ers of the future, a guide that is sure to 
coax us on to breed better and better animals 
from year to year. ' ' 

BREED STANDARDS NEEDED. 

The timely letter which S. L. Eoberts, Lemon 
Grove, Cal., wrote to the Angora Journal, 
shows more than any other one thing the 
need of Standards. He says: 

"In a somewhat near future there shall 
undoubtedly be held at different places on our 
coast milch goat shows, in connection with other 
livestock exhibits, perhaps, and dairy exposi- 
tions. 

Eochester, N. Y., has had her milch goat 
show this year. Ohio is about to take steps 
for a milch goat exhibit. Massachusetts will 
be up and doing, too, pretty soon. 

When California, Oregon and Washington 
come to the front with such exhibits they 
should come prepared to show to an ideal 
type and color for every variety shown. But 
how can this be done without breed standards? 
Each breed has its own configuration, and 
most of them, or at least many of them, have 
their own individual color and color markings. 
I am aware that goat literature gives some 
description of each popular breed, but is this 
altogether satisfactory? 

Breeders of cattle and horses, hogs and dogs 
have their standards of perfection and are 
judged by score card and points, deducting 
lay points in each section according to defects 
from the standard ideal as agreed upon by 
the makers of the standard for each breed. 

Poultry breeders and fanciers have their 
standards of perfection for over one hundred 
breeds and breed varieties. And, too, the 
most uniform flock of a given variety as to 
shape and color and size appeals most strongly 
to the prospective buyer, doesn't it? Is not 
this true, also, of buyers of Holstein cattle, 
Berkshire hogs, Morgan horses or any and all 
popular animals? Uniformity of breed, type 
and color is absolutely essential to the buyers' 



defense. I know very well that some breeders 
of some milch goats decry the color feature 
of their own breed, making the type feature 
paramount, relying upon individuality for ex- 
cellence or non-excellence, as the case war- 
rants. Breeders of Saanens and Appenzeller 
and other white, or creamy-white, breeds know 
that in their purity they must be of this 
self-color (no color, properly) ; the Anglo- 
Xubian breeder must rely upon peculiarity of 
type form, as the breed shows different colored 
coats, as must breeders of several other kinds. 
But those who handle the Schwartzhals, Taren- 
taise, or Toggenburg must show in their herds 
their type forms and peculiarity of colors. 
There are other varieties or breeds that must 
show their distinctive coat colors, in the ab- 
sence of which a want of purity of blood is 
in evidence, and the well informed buyer looks 
elsewhere. 

These reflections call for milch goat stan- 
dards for the good of both the buyer and the 
seller — for the authority of seller and defense 
of buyer. 

I don 't know if in the countries whence 
our importations have come they have their 
book of standards or not, but I surmise they 
haven't. (No — there are none in Germany 
and Switzerland.- — T. F. J.) In America nearly 
all exhibits of animals, and in many instances 



of fruits and agricultural products, the award- 
ing is computed by score card. When the 
goat shows come on it will be necessary to 
award by points in a little different way from 
awarding by card upon the animal itself, but 
the principle involved as a working basis may 
be much the same. My goat friend, it will 
come to this before many years, and it be- 
hooves you to get in the parade close up to 
the band wagon. 

I should be pleased to hear from milch goat 
devotees upon this subject of a standard, from 
all over the Coast States. (Why not from 
everywhere? — T. F. J.) 

And while I am something of a Toggenburg 
zealot, 1 am not unmindful of the good quali- 
ties of all the leading breeds of this live stock, 
and would like to see standards compiled 
for every one of them and their propagation 
pushed to the front. There is room for all 
of them and to spare. 

Goat culture in broad America is simply 
in its embryonal existence. The more good 
goats of whatever kind the better for the 
country— better for the poor man and his 
children — better for the invalid — yes, better 
for the well-to-do and the rich. 



Milch goat culture is worthy our best ef- 
forts.— Dr. J. M. Tracy. 




Information and Secretary's Office, Milch Goat Show, Rochester, N. Y. 

Goats' Milk sold from this Tent for eighty cents per quart, and the supply was 

constantly short of the demand. 



THE SAANEN GOAT. 



One of the two leading breeds, if not the 
leading breed of milch goats is the Saanen. 
Being pure white in color, of large size, and 
hornless, this bred has been able, owing to 
its wonderful milk production and general 
docile habits, linked with a strong resistance 
to climatic influences and adaptability to sec- 
tional feeding customs, to make friends on 
every continent. The smallholders in the 
Berner Oberland in Switzerland, that beautiful 
valley through which the Saane runs, who 
originated this race, deserve a pillar of fame 
in every hamlet where the goats are kept, for 
it is thanks to them that goats for milk have 
become so deservedly popular everywhere. The 
Saane is a tributary to the river Aare, one 
of the waters that eventually makes the Rhine. 
The Saanen valley lies about 3,000 feet above 
sea level and some of the grazing plots go as 
high as 6,000 feet above sea level. Here 
stands the cradle of this noble race. The 
soil is of lime stone origin and produces 
abundant vegetation. Beginning in early May, 
the goats can roam all season until late in the 
fall. This made the race hardy; the chance to 
select from the natural grasses and browse 
what the system required, made the milk nutri- 
tious. The two thousand goats that were 
owned by the villagers in Saanen, Gsteig and 
Lauenen, had a run of practically 98 percent 
of all the area available and owned by these 
communities, were in fact the sole house sup- 
port of many families and their care was 
considered the most important duty of the 
fa mily. 

Kanton Bern has, according to the latest 
census, over 70,000 Saanen goats and as four- 
teen of the sixteen goat exhibitions held there 
in one year awarded prizes only to Saanen 
goats, the predominance of this breed is easily 
understood. 

The average annual milk production during 
the first milk year is 685 quarts, during the 
second year 735 quarts and for the succeeding 
years 840 quarts. Twelve hundred quarts are 
by no means uncommon productions, and rec- 
ords are at times given of goats that produce 
1 ( ) V->. quarts daily. 

The butterfat percent of the milk produced 
depends on the feeding method. Goats on 
pasture give milk containing from 3 to 3Va 
percent butterfat, while goats fed on choice 
dry feed, augmented with grains give at times 
as much as 5% percent butterfat. The best 
record in butterfat stands at 8 percent. 

The first export of Saanen goats was made 
in 1858 when the agricultural department of 
the grandukedom of Wurtemberg purchased 
one buck and five goats, and these purchases 
increased from year to year until in 1880 
the white goat of Switzerland was well known 
in every European nation. 

The white goat from Appenzell, although in 
all points except coat, the exact counterpart 
of the Saanen, has of late years been so 
mixed with the Saanen in all sections, except 



its home county, that it can be safely dis- 
counted now as having passed its influence 
for having aided in perfecting the Saanen 
breed. The goat from Appenzell, also horn- 
less and pure white, has a rather heavy and 
longer coat and to this is to be attributed 
the rather excessive coats that we at times 
still find on our Saanen bucks. The breeder 
whose aim is to create the best of a race 
should at all times work to eliminate the 
longer coated animals, as the goat having the 
shortest coat of thick hair is, if all other points 
are equal, the best for show as well as milk 
production. It has been claimed and this is 
true, that the heavier coated goat from Appen- 
zell is better weather-resisting, and able to 
endure colder climates than the thin-skinned 
and shorter-coated Saanen, but as a certain 
amount of food stuffs and energy are always 
required to produce this heavier coat, and 
as it is, as a rule, taken at the expense of 
the milk quantity, it is doubtful if the logic 
advanced in support of Appenzeller for colder 
climates is correct, if milk production is to 
be the aim. 

The greatest impetus to the breeding of 
pure Saanens was given, when Pfungstadt in 
Hessen-Germany, took them up. They began 
to breed them systematically in 1892, but had 
them since 1872. Today a provincial union 
of forty-four goat breeders ' associations keeps 
the breeding, showing and registration of all 
the goats owned in the district under perfect 
control and the name, which they have given 
their perfected Saanen goat ' ' Starkenburger 
Edelziege, " is a synonym for Saanen excel- 
lence. The union of clubs won over $2,500 in 
prizes in one year in competition with the 
best breeders from countries and districts in 
all the best shows on the continent, and the 
export sales of goats amounts so far to over 
$80,000. This shows what one small section 
has done and can accomplish by working 
intelligently for the perfection of its aim, to 
l^roduce the best possible strain of the Saanen 
goat. 

The average annual milk production of the 
Saanen in Pfungstadt is 897 quarts annually, 
while common goats produced only 393 quarts. 
As a rule the goats are kept in the stable 
all the year around and handfed, while the 
kids are herded or allowed liberty until the 
full growth is attained. 

Other strains of Saanen goats, that are 
equal 1o the best, are the Heppenheimer, Gross 
Umstadter, Rimbacher, Lauterbacher, Taunus, 
Langensalzaer and Brandenburger. The Lan- 
gensalzaer are probably the most noted and 
famed for having an abnormal bag develop- 
ment. The udder is almost round, closely 
fastened to the body and of a very large 
capacity. The neck of the goat is very thin, 
while the back falls off and is broad over 
the hips. The coat of the Langensalzaer goat 
is very fine, and almost silky in texture. Its 
breeders claim for it an annual production of 
from 850 to 950 quarts. 



I am safe in asserting that the good work 
done by the breeders of Langensalzaer and 
Pfungstadt in Germany with the material 
originally provided by the Swiss from Appen- 
zell, the Saanen Valley and Simmental, an- 
other prominent goat district, has really made 
the Saanen breed so desirable. No matter 
what the strain, a Saanen goat is always 
welcome property. While some strains em- 
brace large or stocky animals, others, like 
the Langensalzaer, seek to improve the medium 
sized racy looking goat, and still others, like 
the Appenzeller, think a heavy coat of hair 
is very desirable. England, importing its first 
Saanens direct from the Paris goat show in 
1903, it is said, has not made as much progress 
with the breed as we should have a right 
to expect, but no doubt will remedy this lack 
of interest when more of the breed are kept 
to allow them to be judged fairly in competi- 
tion with others. Peer, an English authority, 
says : ' ' The best of the Saanen goats are 
superior to the best Toggenburgers; in fact, 
the best of them are probably the best in the 
world, giving from five to six quarts per 
day. ' ' 

The few pure Saanen goats now owned in 
America, are widely scattered, and while the 
best of them are found but singly, they have 
created great interest in the breeding centers 
of California, Ohio, New York and Pennsyl- 
vania, where they are rapidly making goat 
history. The imported Saanen goat No. 11, 
owned by the New York Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station, is a fair specimen of the breed 
mill her authenticated record of milk produc- 
tion during ten months is 1,845 pounds of 
milk. 



SAANEN STANDARD SUBMITTED 
THE BREEDERS OF AMERICA 
FOR CRITICISM. 



TO 



By Theo F. Jager. 
General characteristics. Saanen milch goats 
are large goats of a very docile temperament. 
Their milk production ranges from two quarts 
when two years old to five and more quarts 
when six years old. The does have a very 
feminine head, rather narrow, and coarseness 
in any section of body is foreign to the 
breed. The skin should be of rich, fleshy red 
color. Hair ^ery short on does, on bucks, 
medium long. Bucks show the rather short 
face and compact head lines peculiar to their 
sex. 

SHAPE AND COLOR OF BUCK AND DOE. 

1. Head. Medium in length with wide fore- 
head; fine nose between muzzle and eyes. Muz- 
zle wide; eyes full and with a mild expression. 
No horns or discernible proofs that horns have 
been removed. Does have a longer head than 
bucks. Cheeks almost flat. Ears long, thin- 
skinned, somewhat hanging. Tongue and lips 
flesh colored; eyes yellowish, turning to bay; 
eyelashes white. Goatee long. The head, 
viewed from the front, indicate intelligence 
and smart, pleasing side lines; bulging cheeks 
are not permitted in does. Ten points. 

2. Neck. Moderately long, free from dew- 
lap or loose skin on under side, rather thin 
on does, size of goat considered; heavy and 
shorter on bucks, amply covered with a strong 
coat of pure white hair. Two long pendulous 
"bells'' on each side of neck close to throat. 
Fi\e points. 




Ideal Saanen Doe 



3. Fore-quarters. Breast deep and full, 
showing constitutional abilities. Brisket and 
fore-quarters rather light in does, the animal 
increasing in depth and width backward. Eight 
points. 

4. Back. Eather long, loins falling in. Eibs 
well sprung, giving large barrel capacity; body 
deep at flanks; hair along spine longer than on 
rest of body. Twelve points. 

5. Hind-quarters. Broad and straight, fall- 
ing off a little over the pelvic arch; tail short, 
flat and well covered with hair. Eight points. 

6. Udder. Capacious and not fleshy, full 
of milk veins leading to it; evenly broad from 
top to bottom. Firmly attached to body, the 
sole nearly level and extending well forward; 
two teats, two inches long, equal in thickness. 
Skin of udder flesh color or reddish, covered 
with fine short hair. Thirty points. 

7. Legs. Fore legs straight and rather heavy 
on bucks, set wide apart. Hind legs a little 
bent, rather long. Four points. 

8. Coat. Pure white throughout. Skin red- 
dish or flesh colored, very thin on barrel of 
does, loose and oily. Hair thin, silky, close, 
short on does, more profuse and of medium 
length on bucks. Eight points. 

. 9. Weight and size. Bucks, two to four 
years old, 140 to 180 pounds; measure at the 
withers from 28 to 30 inches. Does, two to 
four years old, 100 to 50 pounds, measure at 
the withers, 24 to 28 inches. The size and 
weight must be symmetrical. Eight points. 

10. General appearance. Docile, active, con- 
fidence inviting. The bucks must impress 



through their rather stocky appearance and 
longer coat, larger size and weight, while the 
does must appear feminine in face, and have 
the smooth coat and general appearance of a 
good dairy goat. Seven points. Total, 100 
points. 

So far as those present were concerned, and 
with the exception of the neck "bells" re- 
quired, no objection was heard against the 
standard. It remains, however, for the breed- 
ers at large to give their opinions before we 
can feel sure to have made into law what we 
really want and need. A. Diethelm, specifically, 
was of the opinion that the ' ' bells ' ' should not 
be considered either a requirement nor an ob- 
jection. Dr. L. Knox said: "I trim them off 
because I admire the smooth, long neck and 
consider them entirely useless." 

The Toggenburg standard, at least so it was 
considered by all members present, notably 
among which were Dr. E. S. Gordon, J. G. 
Greene, E. C. Arlidge, Adna G. Bowen, Dr. 
J. P. Torrey, all well versed with the require- 
ments of the breed, should be identical with 
the Saanens except in color and that a rougher 
and longer coat should be required for Toggen- 
burgs, further that all Toggenburgs must have 
the neck "bells." With this information to 
guide the committees, I trust an acceptable 
standard for the two leading milch goat breeds 
will soon be a reality. 



In the days of Hippocrates the milk cure 
was ordered to be taught in the medical 
schools as a curative of almost all breast 
affections and consumption. — C. F. Beuss. 











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THE TOGGENBURG MILCH GOAT. 



In East Switzerland, and notably in Kanton 
St. Gallen, in the Toggenburg valley, by Buchs, 
Grabs, Sevelen and also near Alt-St. Johann, 
the Toggenburg goat has been for many years 
the favorite. It is here where she was origi- 
nated from crosses of the longer coated Ap- 
penzeller goat, a strain of the Saanen, and 
the fawn- or red-colored Hazli goat, herself 
again closely allied to the Guggisberger. Owing 
to the fact that English breeders preferred 
them and were able to procure good specimens 
of this breed long before good types of other 
breeds could be had, the Toggenburg has been 
able to take a good foothold in the British 
Isles and from there again in this county. 
Toggenburgs are a race that will make good, 
there is no doubt about it. They stand at the 
head of the list with the best of producers 
of other races and as they have a pleasing 
type and color combination they are often pre- 
ferred to other self-colored breeds. H. S. 
Holmes Pegler claims that "this breed is said 
to be the result of a cross between the white 
Appenzell and the Chamoisee. ' ' Chamoisee is 
the French for Guggisberger, and in this re- 
spect the statement is practically true. The 
same writer says of the milk production, that 
' ' the chief reason for the Toggenburg being 
so abundant a milker consists in the fact that 
in Switzerland special attention to this fea- 
ture has been given by breeders from time im- 
memorial, inferior milkers being killed and 
eaten, and only the good ones kept for breed- 
ing. ' ' So far the Toggenburg goats are not 
bred to a uniform standard in Switzerland 
and we find short coated and long coated ani- 
mals. The association of breeders in Wildhaus, 
Ober Toggenburg, have even gone so far as to 
;il low classes for either in their annual show 
held every October. But it is safe to assert 
that the shorter coated type is gradually win- 
ning out in popularity, especially since English 
fanciers and American breeders are inclined 
to prefer them. 

The American standard demands a rich fawn 
color, which may shade to a deep chocolate, 
but black Toggenburgers are also often found 
in the old country, but no matter what the 
color, the characteristic face markings and 



White stripes on legs must always appear. 
Another strain which was formerly much ad- 
mired, were the ' ' black-booted, ' ' a chocolate 
colored goat with legs entirely black up to the 
knees, a black nose and minus the white face 
stripes. These are now eliminated from this 
race, practically extinct and only rarely find 
we such specimen, and then only under the 
name of Guggisberger. 

Toggenburgs are a very hardy and prolific 
race and compare well with any other breed. 
It is doubtful if they can be excelled for fru- 
galitjr, milk production and profit. It should 
be the aim of the breeders to weed out all ani- 
mals that show in any way inferiority to the 
standard points, and avoid inbreeding, that 
the inherited hardiness may be preserved for 
the race. It is one thing to have a show goat 
capturing the prizes for being ideal in type, 
but it is a far better achievement to have a 
prolific breeder with a constitution to produce 
a pair of kids every year and to sustain its 
owner during a long lactation period. The 
dangers of allowing show animals to guide our 
breeders' operations is always with us and 
unless we plan wisely, and mate judiciously, 
and weed out fearlessly, we shall fail in our 
attempt to bring to perfection what we did 
get in good breeding material from across the 
pond. 

A milking test held by the breeders' associa- 
tion in Buchs, which covered one entire year, 
showed that the eight Toggenburgers in the 
test had a lactation period of 366, 364, 354, 
347, 345, 337, 336 and 313 days respectively. It 
convinces us that these goats will remain fresh 
and produce milk at times even for longer than 
twelve months. The average amount of milk 
per day was a little over four pounds per 
animal. Five goats gave in an English milking 
test in 1898 a total of 7,140 pounds. 

' ' The Toggenburg may be said to be the 
most popular breed of goat in England at this 
moment, ' ' says H. S. Holmes Pegler, ' ' as in- 
deed it has been for some years. This is due 
to two important qualities — its great milking 
capacity and its docile, kindly nature. Anyone 
visiting a herd of goats of various sorts 
amongst which there are Toggenburgs will 
generally find that while the others move off 
at the approach of strangers the Swiss will 
come up to be patted, and will feed readily 
from the hand." 



AMERICAN STANDARD OF THE TOGGENBURG BREED 
OF MILCH GOATS. 

Submitted for Criticism by Theo. F. Jagn. 
Scale of Points. 

1, Head — Medium in length; wide forehead. 
Fine nose between muzzle and eyes ; muzzle wide, 
eyes full and with a mild expression. No horns 
or discernible proofs of horns having been re- 
moved. Does have a longer head than bucks, 
with cheeks almost flat. Ears are long, thin- 
skinned, carried semi-erect, goatee longer and 
heavier on bucks. Bucks have a large curly 
tuft of hair between the ears, which hangs into 
the face. The head, viewed in profile, indicates 
intelligence and has pleasing lines; coarse fea- 
tures are foreign to the breed. The buck is 
somewhat more bulky in head as well as in 
other parts of the body than the doe. 

10 points. 

2, Neck — Moderately long, free from dewlap 
or loose skin, well proportioned to rest of body 
and head, without appearing stocky. 

5 points. 

3, Forequarters — Breast deep and full, show- 
ing great constitutional abilities; brisket 
lighter in does. 8 points. 

4, Back — Long, loins falling in. Bibs well 
sprung covering large barrel capacity. Body 
deep at flanks, hair along spine longer than on 
rest of body. The animal increases in depth 
and width backward. 12 points. 

5, Hindquarters — Broad and straight, falling 
off a little over the pelvic arch; tail short, 
flat, well covered with hair. 8 points. 

6, Udder — Capacious and not fleshy, milk 
veins leading to same ; covered with fine hair. 
Must be evenly broad from top to bottom, 
firmly attached to body, the sole nearly level, 
and extend well forward. Two teats of equal 
size and good length. Skin of udder fine and 
oily. 30 points. 

7, Legs — Fore legs straight and rather heavy 
on bucks, coarser haired, hind legs a trifle bent, 
longer; again coarser haired on bucks. 4 points. 

8, Coat — Skin flesh colored, covered with a fine 
coat of silky hair on does, longer somewhat 
coarser hair on bucks. Color of coat : From 
light-fawn to dark drab, often also mouse 
colored, free from white spots except as stated, 
a deep rich reddish fawn on bucks and a lighter 
fawn on does being the most desirable, if all 
other points are equal. Dark drab or chocolate 
shadings coming in to second consideration. The 
white markings which must appear are as fol- 
lows: A white stripe on each side of the face 
from just below the eyes down to the muzzle ; 
this should not include the muzzle nor touch the 
ears. Bucks have these markings in the shape 
of a white spot somewhat elongated around 
the eyes, extending them well down to the muz- 
zle. White is also on each side and under the 
tail, on the underbody and on the legs, between 
the thighs and downward to the hoofs. Knee 
caps and front of legs show again a darker 
striping, which may be darker than the general 
body color, on bucks especially. The ears are 
lighter colored inside. 8 points. 



9. Weight und Size — Bucks, matured, 130 to 
180 pounds, measure at the withers from 28 
to 30 inches. Does, mature, weight 80 to 110 
pounds, measure at the withers 27 to 32 inches. 
The size and weight must be symmetrical and 
well proportioned. 

10, General Appearance — Docile, active, vigor- 
ous. The bucks impress through their rather 
sturdy appearance and somewhat longer coat, 
larger size and weight; the does are very femi- 
nine in looks, and appear as a well groomed pet 
dressed in a smooth shiny coat. 7 points. 



Total, 



100 points. 




Champion Toggenburg Doe, 

shown by Dr. R. Schmidt, valued at $500. 

A perfect specimen at time of show, eight 

months old, 



STATE BREEDING STATIONS— TRIAL 
BOARD. 

Dr. J. P. Torrey moved, J. G. Greene sec- 
onded, that all vice-presidents organize 
branches within. their states, that state breed 
Lug stations be recommended. Carried. 

Several complaints and some charges were 
preferred by members against a goat dealer 
in a western state, who fails to live up to his 
promises in deals, neglects to pay his debts and 
does business generally in a way that is doing 
harm to the legitimate milch goat industry. 
On the motion of J. G. Greene, a prominent 
I rial board was appointed with full powers 
to investigate the eomplaints received, to call 
upon all parties complained against for ex- 
planations and to protect others from falling 
their victims by publishing the results ob- 
tained. The president appointed the follow- 
ing on this board: J. G. Greene, chairman; 
C. S. Spillsbury, Mrs. C. C. Shannon, C. S 
Doolittle, Adna G. Bowen. 






ELIGIBLE FOE REGISTRY. 



On motion, the president appointed Dr. L. 
Gr. Knox, Dr. E. S. Gordon, Alois Diethelm, 
^NJ is. Katheryn Jager and Mrs. C. C. Shannon 
a committee to report on the breed charac- 
teristics of the goats on exhibition and to 
give in writing a list of all goats that were of a 
quality entitling them to registration as a pure 
breed. Dr. E. S. Gordon handed me, later on, the 
following report, which gives the name of 
the owner and the animal's name, breed and 
sex, and although in many instances nothing 
was known to that committee regarding the 
breeding of the animal, a registration certifi- 
cate will be granted the owner upon applica- 
tion, as the goats listed have all the earmarks 
and visible signs of being thoroughbreds. The 
numbers in front of their names have been 
reserved for the animals and this number will 
appear on the certificate when issued, after 
the standard committee has concluded its work 
and fixed the types by law. 

Milch goats entitled to registration. 

Saanen — 1. "Snowdrop, " doekid, F. L. 
Thornton. 2. "Pansy," doekid, M. A. Nicholls. 
3. "Snowball," doe, M. A. Nicholls. 4. "Cath- 
arine," doe, M. A. Nicholls. 5. "Viloet," doe, 
M. A. Nicholls. 6. "Sam," buck, M. A. 
Nicholls. 7. "Snow Queen," doe, Jagerhof. 
8. "Bessie," doe, F. T. Servis. 9. "Tioron- 
da," buck, F. T. Servis. 10. "Sam Junior," 
buck, Mrs. C. C. Shannon. 11. "Titania," 
doe, Miss E. E. Hunnikin, 12. "Lora, " doe 
kid, Geo. Hak. 

Toggenburg — 13. "Winnie," doe, Dr. R. 
Schmidt. 14. "Howie," doe, Dr. R. Schmidt, 



15. "Chieftain Jr.," buck, Dr. R. Schmidt. 

16. "Win How," buck, Dr. R. Schmidt. 17. 
"Ali Baba," buck, Dr. E. S. Gordon. 18. 
"Nan E," doe, Dr. E. S. Gordon. 19. "Nan- 
etta G," doe, Dr. E. S. Gordon. 20. "Belle," 
doe, E. C. Arlidge. 21. " Elmcrof t Polly," 
doe, J. G. Greene. 22. " Elmcrof t Rex," 
buck, J. G. Greene. 23. "Fanette, " doe, 
Mrs. C. C. Shannon. 24. "Dorothy," doe, 
Mrs. C. C. Shannon. 25. '•Little Maud," doe, 
Mrs. C. C. Shannon. 26. "Pride of Jager- 
hof, ' ' buck, Jagerhof. 

Maltese — 27. "Kaiser Wilhelm, " buck, Dr. 
J. P. Torrey. 28. "Silver King," buck, L. 
W. Ranker. 29. "Diana," doe, Jagerhof. 

Guggisberger — 30. ' ' Forestwater, ' ' doekid, 
Dr. H. H. Lauderdale. 31. "Mountain Girl," 
doekid, Dr. H. H. Lauderdale. 32. "Elmcroft 
Fanny," doe, J. G. Greene. 

This, a new breed originated by C. W. 
Griggs, who claims much for the same. Pure 
Toggenburg does have been crossed originally 
with Anglo-Nubian bucks in order to get this 
hornless, generally dark brown or black colored 
breed of uniform quality. The milk is said 
to be of exceptional richness. 

Nuburg— 33. "Nuburg Chief," buck, C. 
W. Griggs. 34. "Princess," doe, C. W. 
Griggs. 35. "Nettie," doe, C. W. Griggs. 
36. "Mascotte," doe, C. W. Griggs. 37. 
' ' Brownie, ' ' doe, C. W. Griggs. 



In those countries where the goat is domes- 
ticated and its milk is used in the family 
there is very little tuberculosis. — Dr. 0. G. 
Place. 




View of Interior of the "Overflow" Tent. 

This tent contained only a small fraction of the goats that could not be penned in 

the large tent. Feeder at work mixing his grain rations. 



GENERAL EEVIEW OF THE CLASSES. 



As had been anticipated by close-observing 
milch goat breeders, the Toggenburgs were 
the quality classes of the show. The two 
8-months-old doe kids shown by Dr. E. Schmidt, 
Hannibal, Mo., valued at $500 apiece, were 
easily the leaders in the show, being excep- 
tionally large, appearing like fully-matured 
animals, hornless, and having the rich per- 
fectly even light chocolate color so essential 
to the breed. Their face and leg markings 
were perfect. As a man who had seen herds 
of the best in Europe, said: "They are just 
about what we have been looking for." Of 
course they promptly took both leading awards. 
A hornless doe close up owned by E. C. 
Arlidge, said to be bred by the New York 
Agricultural Experiment Station, was also a 
rare good specimen, but lacked a little in 
size. The does shown by Dr. E. S. Gordon, 
while older, were fully the equals of the 
Schmidt stock, but the presence of horns de- 
tracted some on that account. Closely com- 
pared, they were richer in color, type and 
general conformation perfect. "Ali Baba, " 
the champion Toggenburg buck of the show, 
showed in every line his royal descent. "While 
he may be said to be rather long-coated, he 
is every inch a true Toggenburg. The Schmidt 
bucks, while younger, were close up. 



The Saanens were rather a disappointment, 
as Mrs. Lee failed to show her expected string. 
Aside from "Sam," "Sam, Jr.," and "Tior- 
onda, " no bucks could meet our approval, 
while in does but few were really true Saanens. 
Mark A. Nicholls had more Saanens in the 
show than any one else and the average quality 
of them was the highest. ' ' Sam ' ' was de- 
clared the champion. He is a veteran and 
while he has some foreign blood, is in every 
line worthy of the breed. 

"Silver King," the Maltese champion shown 
from Ohio, is a large specimen of the true 
Maltese. Dr. Torrey's "Kaiser Wilhelm" 
lacked a little in size, otherwise his full 
equal. The does of this breed were in part, 
dehorned and in part hornless, and as a class 
not equal to the bucks in quality. Since 
the coming of the Swiss breeds the Maltese 
seem to be losing popularity, and this is a 
pity, as they well deserve to be held in favor 
especially for crossing, as long as we lack 
pure-breds of the former to satisfy all 
demands. 

In "Nuburgs, " a composite breed origin- 
ated by C. W. Griggs, this exhibitor took all 
awards except one on bucks, which went to 
a young specimen shown by Mrs. Viger. While 
this breed is far from perfect, it can be 
said to contain much of promise. The black 
and dark brown does shown, being hornless 
and of good size, with well- developed udder 










"AH Baba" 
Champion Toggenburg Buck at Rochester, 1913. 
Exhibited by Dr. E. S. Gordon, Cranbury, N. J. 



rudimentaries, can be relied on to find favor 
in the eyes of many, especially as their 
originator claims much for them in the line 
of an especially rich milk. 

The graded classes contained some excellent 
stock. The Maltese crosses shown by J. W. 
Grute and the Saanen crosses shown by Miss 
E. R. Hunnikin, were particularly attractive. 
The large herd entered by M. A. Nicholls and 
Geo. Hak also contained many individuals, 
that could not be bought for any price, proof 
in itself that their owners knew their value 
as milk producers. The ' ' Elmcrof t herd ' ' 
contained many fine large Toggenburg grades, 
that in looks and production at least are equal 
to the best thoroughbreds. Some fine milkers 
were seen in the native class, and one espe- 
cially, ' ' Minnie, ' ' entered by H. L. Webster, 
although small in stature, surprised all by 
the large amount of milk she gave. 

The show, while probably somewhat disap- 
pointing to some of our leading breeders, who 



expected to see large entries of perfect speci- 
mens of every known breed, was, nevertheless, 
a great revelation to all others, and the words 
of praise heard on every hand over the large 
display and its arrangement easily crowded 
out the few isolated remarks made in a con- 
trary spirit. The milch goat industry is just 
in its infancy; we have not as yet large herds 
of registered pure breeds, that are common 
in every locality; we have so far no advanced 
milk registry nor even an accepted standard, 
and knowing all this we have full reason 
to be proud with the advance that this in- 
dustry has made in this short time. The 
many sales that were made and the interest 
shown by all is a guaranty that future shows 
will not only be larger, but contain more 
stars of the kind Dr. Gordon, Dr. Schmidt 
and others showed here. We have now been 
taught where to look for the good ones and 
their breeders will, as a result, reap their 
well deserved reward. 




Theo. F. Jager, Secretary, 
Showing "Nuburg Chief," the property of C. W. Griggs. 



PRIZE WINNERS IN REGULAR CLASSES. 



1. Saanen — Buck over two years — M. A. 
Nieholls, Lockport, N. Y., "Sam," No. 303, 
first. F. T. Servis, Charlotte, N. Y., " Tior 
onda, " No. 424, second. 

Buck over one year — Mrs. C. C. Shannon, 
Brighton Sta., N. Y., "Sam Jr.," first. 

Buck under one year — L. W. Ranker, Tiffin, 
O., "Saratoga Chieftain," first; C. W. Beach, 
Rochester, N. Y., "Cream de Mint," second. 

Doe over two years — Jagerhof, Barnard, N. 
Y., "Snow Queen," first; F. T. Servis, "Bes- 
sie," second. 

Doe over one year — F. T. Servis, "Nana," 
first; Jagerhof, "Snow Belle," second. 

Doe under one year — F. L. Thornton, 164 
Pond St., Providence, R. I., "Snowdrop," 
first; M. A. Nieholls, "Pansy," second. 

2. Toggenburg. Buck over two years — Dr. 
E. S. Gordon, Cranbury, N. J., "Ali Baba," 
No. 412, first; Ambler Goat Dairy, Kendal 
Green, Mass., "Assurance 2nd," second. 

Buck over one year — J. G. Greene, 520 Ger. 
Ins. Bldg., Rochester, N. Y., " Elmcroft Rex," 
first; Mrs. M. B. Ettien, Easton, Md., "Duke 
of Gloucester," second. 

Buck under one year — Dr. R. Schmidt, Han- 
nibal, Mo., "Chieftain Jr.," No. 590, first; 
Jagerhof, "Pride of Jagerhof," second. 

Doe over two years — Mrs. C. C. Shannon, 
"Fanette," first; J. G. Greene, "Elmcroft 
Fanny, ' ' second. 

Doe over one year — Dr. E. S. Gordon, "Nan- 
etta G," No. 434, first; "Nan E," No. 436, 
second. 

Doe under one year — Dr. R. Schmidt, 
"Howie," No. 624, first; "Winnie," No. 
623, second. 

3. Maltese — Buck over two years — L. W. 
Ranker, "Silver King," first. 

Buck over one year — Dr. J. P. Torrey, 
Andover, Mass., ' ' Kaiser Wilhelm, ' ' first. 

Buck under one year — Jagerhof, ' ' Duke of 
Ivory," first; Jagerhof, "Gladstone," second. 

Doe over two years — Jagerhof, ' ' Direc- 
trice, " first; Jagerhof, "Diana," second. 

Doe over one year — Gust. Belkey, Glyndon, 
Minn., "Nana 2nd," first; J. W. Grate, Coeh- 
ranton, Pa., " Nanu G, " second. 

Doe under one year — F. L. Thornton, 
"Mountain Lassie," first; Jagerhof, "Bel- 
lair," second. 

4. Guggisberger. — Buck over one year — - 
Hans Graf, Gates, N. Y., "Cherusker, " first. 

Buck under one year — Jagei'hof , ' ' Duke of 
Fawnland, ' ' first. 

Doe over two years — .Jagerhof, "Princess 
Nellie, ' ' first ; Jagerhof, ' ' Yellow Lassie, ' ' 
second. 

Doe under one year — Dr. H. II. Lauderdale, 
Sulphur, Okla., "Forestwater, " first; Dr*. II. 
H. Lauderdale, "Mountain Girl," second. 

5. Nuburg. — Buck over two years — C. W. 
Griggs, Trout Run, Pa., "Nuburg Chief," 
first, 



Buck under one year — C. W. Griggs, "Prem- 
ium," first; Mrs. H. Viger, Clarendon, Pa., 
' ' King Nuburg, ' ' second. 

Doe over one year — C. W. Griggs, ' ' Prin- 
cess, ' ' first ; C. W. Griggs, ' ' Nettie, ' ' second. 

Doe under one year — C. W. Griggs, " Mas- 
cotte, " first; C. W. Griggs, "Brownie," 
second. 

6. Angora. — Doe over two years — W. D. 
Reynolds, Belfast, N. Y., "Angora R, " first. 

Doe over one year — W. D. Reynolds, ' ' Ara- 
bella, ' ' first. 

Doe under one year — W. D. Reynolds, "An- 
nabelle, ' ' first. 

7. Grades. — Buck over one year — Jager- 
hof, ' ' Homelad, ' ' first, 

Buck under one year — M. A. Nieholls, 
' ' Kugler, ' ' first ; M. A. Nieholls, ' ' Johnny, ' ' 
second. 

Doe over two yeais — Geo. Hak, Lockport, 
N. Y., "Almona," first; Mrs. C. C. Shannon, 
' ' Maxilla, ' ' second. 

Doe over one year — M. A. Nieholls, "Valen- 
tine," first; Miss E. E. Hunnikin, Fullers, 
N. Y., ' ' Lady Bess, ' ' second. 

Doe under one year — Geo. Hak, "Lora," 
first ; M. A. Nieholls, ' ' Susan, ' ' second. 

8. Native. — Buck over one year — Jagerhof, 
"The Veterinary," first; Jagerhof, "Graf 
Walheim," second. 

Buck under one year — Jagerhof, "Browsing 
Lad, ' ' first, 

Doe over two years — M. A. Nieholls, ' ' Mag- 
nesia, ' ' first ; .1 agerhof , ' ' Miss Browser, ' ' 
second. 

Doe over one year — Jagerhof, ' ' Cinderella, ' ' 
first; .Jagerhof, "Black Irene," second. 

Doe under one year — Jagerhof, ' ' Eomula, ' ' 
first ; Jagerhof, ' ' Main of Avon, ' ' second. 

9. Driving Class. — Best single driver, boy 
under ten years — Hans Graf, first. 

Best single driver, boy over ten years — ■ 

F. T. Servis, first. 

Best matched pair in harness — F. T. Servis, 
first. 

Best trained goat — F. T. Servis, first ; Jag- 
erhof, second. 

Best decorated wagon — F. T. Servis, first. 

10. Dairy Class. — "Minnie," native doe, 
three years old, fresh April 16, 1913; owner. 
H. L. Webster, Warsaw, N. Y., third prize. 

' ' Elmcroft Polly, ' ' Toggenburg, one year 
old, fresh May 2, 1913; owner, James G. 
Greene, 520 Ger. Ins. Bldg., Rochester, X. 
Y., second prize. 

"Elmcroft Fanny," Toggenburg, four 
years old, fresh June 15, 1913; owner, .lames 

G. Greene, first prize. 

"Nanu G," Maltese grade, five years old, 
fresh April 8, 1913; owner, J. W. Grute, 
Cochranton, Pa., fourth prize. 

"Nancy,'' grade Toggenburg, four years 
old, fresh August 16, 1913 ; owner, Geo. B. 
Ripley, Andover, Mass., fifth prize. 

The ten days ' dairy test convinced the 
management that it is unwise to hold such 
in the future in connection with regular milch 



goat shows, as the animals, excited from the 
shipping, and unaccustomed to their surround- 
ings and feed, and strangers to the milkers, 
will not respond as they would at home. The 
best goat, being often the easiest excited, 
may reduce her milk flow over fifty per cent 
and the result would be anything but fair to 
the goat and her owner. For the future this 
club hopes to arrange such milking contests 
entirely separate and apart from milch goat 
shows and arrange for them during the early 
months of spring when most milkers are in 
their prime. By the time we have secured 
our State trial grounds, we expect to arrange 
that our state vice-presidents can hold such 
annual milking contests, after the goats en- 
tered have become accustomed to their new 
surroundings and familiar with the attendants. 
The average produced by the goats was 
around two quarts per day, and the milk 
was used in public demonstrations. Thousands 
of visitors who had heretofore harbored a 
prejudice against goat 's milk were converted, 
and many hundreds of them promised to get 
a goat at the earliest possible opportunity. 

SPECIAL PRIZES. 

Five dollars in gold for best exhibit to 
Dr. E. Schmidt, Hannibal, Mo. 

Five dollars in gold for best herd of three 
to Dr. E. S. Gordon, Cranbury, N. J. 

Both of these Grand Specials were won by 
pure-bred Toggenburgs, one buck and two 
or more does. 

Five dollars in gold for best display of 
literature, etc., to "Jagerhof, " Barnard, N. 
Y. This farm had a separate tent erected, 
where goat periodicals, goat books, photo- 
graphs, etc., were on display and could be 
purchased. C. S. Spillsbury was in charge and 
assisted by many other fanciers were sur- 
rounded at all times by a throng of eager 
folks in search of ' ' more light. ' ' 

The Champions of the show are the follow- 
ing: 

Toggenburg buck, "AH Baba, ' ' owned by 
Dr. E. S. Gordon. 

Toggenburg doe, ' ' Howie, ' ' owned by Dr. 
Schmidt. 

Saaneu buck, "Sam," owned by M. A. 
Nicholls. 

Saanen dot, "Snow Queen," owned by 
' ' Jagerhof. ' ' 

Nuburg buck, "Nuburg Chief," owned by 
('. W. Griggs. 

Maltese buck, "Silver King," owned by 
L. W. Banker. 

Special nieiil ribbons were awarded to the 
exhibits of graded goats entered by M. A. 
Nicholls, graded goats by James G. Greene, 
graded goats by Geo. Hak, Nuburg goats by 
C. W. Briggs, native goats by C. L. Webster. 

The President's Silver Cup, mounted, a 
nandsome trophy donated by M. A. Nicholls. 
was awarded to the exhibit of Dr. R. Schmidt, 
who showed two bucks and two does of the 
Toggenburg breed. 

The Vice-President's Trophy, donated by J. 



G. Greene, was awarded to the Saanen entry 
of M. A. Nicholls. 

The Secretary's Trophy for best Maltese 
display went to L. W. Banker. 

The Akins goat stanchion was awarded to 
the exhibit of Dr. B. Schmidt. 

The Judges ' Special for best Toggenburg 
or Saanen buck in show was won by ' ' Ali 
Baba, ' ' a Toggenburg owned by Dr. E. S. 
Gordon. This special consisted of a full set 
of hand-made imported Swiss goat bells. 

OTHER SPECIALS AWARDED. 

One year's subscription to Bural Life, 
Bochester, N. Y., to Miss E. E. Hunnikin, 
Schenectady, R. D. 49, N. Y.; M. A. Nicholls, 
Loekport, N. Y. ; C. L. Webster, Warsaw, 
N. Y. ; Mrs. C. C. Shannon, Brighton Station, 
N. Y. 

One year's subscription and a free insertion 
in the breeders' directory for one year in the 
Angora Journal, Portland, Oregon, to James 
G. Greene, 520 Ger. Ins. Bldg., Bochester, N. 
Y. ; Dr. E. S. Gordon, Cranbury, N. J.; Jager- 
hof, Barnard, N. Y. ; F. L. Thornton, 164 
Pond St., Providence, B. I.; Gust. Belkey, 
Glyndon, Minn.; Geo. Hak, Loekport, N. Y*.; 
H. L. Webster, Warsaw, N. Y.; M. A. Nich- 
olls, Loekport, N. Y. ; Miss E. E. Hunnikin, 
Fullers, N. Y.; Dr. J. P. Torrey, Andover, 
Mass.; G. B. Ripley, Andover, Mass.; C. W. 
Grute, Cochranton, Pa.; W. D. Beynolds, Bel- 
fast, N. Y.; Dr. H. II. Lauderdale, Sulphur, 
Okla.; Mrs. C. C. Shannon, Brighton Station, 
N. Y.; F. T. Servis, Charlotte, N. Y.; E. C. 
Arlidge, Barnard, N. Y.; C. W. Griggs, Trout 
Bun, Pa.; Mrs. H. Viger, Clarendon, Pa.; 
Mrs. M. B. Ettien, Easton, Md.; Dr. B. 
Schmidt, Hannibal, Mo; Ambler Goat Dairy, 
Kendal Green, Mass. 

Copies of Todd 's ' ' Practical Goat Keep- 
ing" were awarded to Geo. Hak, Loekport, 
N. Y. ; C. W. Grute, Cochranton, Pa.; Jager- 
hof, Barnard, N. Y. ; Hans Graf, Gates, N. 
Y.; C. L. Webster, Warsaw, N. Y. 

Copies of Bull's "Money in Goats" were 
awarded to C. L. Webster, Warsaw, N. Y. ; 
Hans Graf, Gates, N. Y. ; F. L. Servis, Char- 
lotte, N. Y.; Mrs. M. B. Ettien, Easton, Md.; 
Gust. Belkey, Glyndon, Minn.; F. L. Thornton, 
164 Pond St., Providence, B. I. 

The "Griggsvale" Special, Nuburg buck, 
was won by Jagerhof, while the "Griggsvale'' 
book for best type family goat entered by a 
lady was won by Dr. E. S. Gordon. This 
was a larye spendid type of a pure (horned) 
Toggenburg. 

The C. S. Spillsbury Cash Special for best 
buck and besl doe was won by Dr. E. S. Gor- 
don 's ' ' Ali Baba, ' ' and Dr. R. Schmidt 's 
"Howie," respectively. 

Dr. J. P. Torrey, Andover, Mass., won 
the Shoo-Fly Special with his Maltese buck 
' ' Kaiser Wilhelm. ' ' 

Dr. B. Schmidt caotured Hie "Cowease" 
Special with his Toggenburgs for best con- 
ditioned exhibit. This is remarkable when 
we take into consideration the fact that the 
animals came such a long distance. 



Mrs. C. C. Shannon won the "Gibbs" Spe- 
cial for best pair of graded Toggenburgs in 
show. 

F. L. Thornton captured the Ehode Island 
State Trophy for best entry from that state. 

Many other minor specials were awarded 
that were handed directly to the exhibitors 
and that were not published in the regular 
prize list. 

SIDE LIGHTS OF THE SHOW. 

This, the first milch goat exhibition ever 
held on this continent, proved marvelous to 
all outside of the inner circle of ' ' goatdom. ' ' 
President Kogers and Secretary Edwards of 
the exhibition company thanked the manage- 
ment for this unique drawing attraction, and 
assured us that we shall have better accommo- 
dations and more publicity in another year. 
Goat shows have come to remain with us 
forever. Let us hope that other states will 
profit by this ' ' gate-drawing ' ' show and ask 
us for advice in conducting an up-to-date 
exhibit. 

The dairy tent was at all times surrounded 
by an eager throng looking for a free sample 
of goat's milk, and hundreds of them took a 
one-fourth pint bottle home. These were sold 
at 10 cents. This makes 80 cents per quart 
for goat's milk — and it's worth it, when we 
take into consideration that it can save 150,000 
babies in a year. 

Mrs. J. S. Comins came all the way from 
Battle Creek, Mich., to renew old friendships 
and to shake hands with others. Mrs. Comins 
is a living vademecum of goat lore and as 
such proved of great help to all in the show. 

Dr. E. S. Gordon and her able dairy man- 
ager, who was justly proud over his success 
in winning in Toggenburgs, spent many days 



with us, always eager to learn more and buy 
more, that more patients can be cared for 
in their sanitarium at Cranbury, N. J. 

Dr. Louis G. Knox, who has just started 
with an extra fine lot of Togs, said that 
Danbury, Conn., is anxious for a goat show 
next fall. Oil the road, doctor, and we will 
be there. This club is ready to show in 
several states next year, as publicity alone 
will help us, the breeders, and overcome goat 
prejudice. 

Dr. J. P. Torrey, the typical New Englander 
from Andover, Mass., was elated over his 
Maltese buck winning the blue. This buck, 
"Kaiser Wilhelm, " by name, is a sure enough 
' ' warlord in white, ' ' and a great conversa- 
tionalist. He — the buck, not the doctor — 
talked, growled or complained all the time. 
He would prove a great attraction on the 
midway as the "talking goat." 

Miss E. E. Hunnikin sold her entries long 
before the show was really in full swing. 
Reason — they were good ones. L. W. Grute 
cleaned up everything, four-year-olds, year- 
lings and kids. Reason — ditto. It pays to 
have good stock; good stock is always in 
demand. 

Ambler, the man who put "a-b-l-e" in 
"Ambler goat dairy," came here and reported 
that he had sold stock, dairy and good will 
to W. H. Gannett of Augusta, Maine. Wisely, 
Mr. Gannett retained him as manager. It 
is time now that we hear of some rapid strides 
around Kendal Green, Mass. A man that can 
raise goats and get the lacteal fluid out of 
the same backed by a man who knows how 
to find a market, or rather to let the demand 
know what is offered, is sure to make a very 
profitable enterprise. 




Saanen Doe and Graded Saanen Buckling. 
Shown by Mrs. Kathryn Jager. 



"Jim" Greene took all the cream in the 
dairy class, winning both the blue and red. 
" Elmcrof't " tacked in front of a goat has 
;i meaning after all. 

Weather? Did you ask how the weather 
was? * It was just changeable enough to suit 
all tastes. We had some rain, some wind, 
some hot days and some real shivery hours. 
We and the "goats managed to get along with 
the weather pretty good; none are the worse 
for it. C. S. Spillsbury sold the milk as a 
''hot-weather antidote" ice cold on hot days, 
and blood warm ou the days when people were 
looking for sweaters. He has been connected 
with patients and hospitals long enough to 
know what is wanted. He sold milk to people 
that never tasted any milk before, and that 
is some record. 

"Teddy" Eoosevelt was there, he saw the 
parade of prize winning goats as they wormed 
their way through the masses of parading 
militia in front of a grandstand packed to 
its full capacity. Swinging his hat in the 
well known way, the "hat that often was in 
the ring," he shouted a hearty "Hurrah" 
when the mammoth bucks pranced past him. 
It was a spectacle greatly enjoyed by all. 
Here a canopy of humanity, rich in the color- 
ing of the ladies apparel, there a martial 
drama played by the sons of Mars and wind- 
ing along, curbed in their haste to get on, a 
long string of the best goats ever seen in 
any land. It signified, in a measure, the time 
that is here now: The often despised nanny 
is accepted by society, she has a mission to 
fulfill and finds a welcome everywhere. 

I tender the fraternity and the members of 
our club this report with the request that 
if they find anything good in it to let those 
know who might derive a benefit from it ; 
for them it is mainly compiled. On the other 
hand if there are ' ' bricks " to be thrown or 
kicks to be registered, send them to me, for 
I am the "goat of the club" and duly elected 
as Secretary to take all the blame. 

Yours for more and better goats, 

Theo. F. Jager, 
Secretary-Treasurer Standard Milch Goat 
Breeders' Club of North America. 



THE FAMILY MILCH GOAT. 

,A he goat came from the west on the face of 
the whole earth. Daniel 8 :5. 

He who knows what sweets are in the 
ground, or what revenues can be extracted 
from the same, either directly or through the 
agencies of animals subsisting on the products, 
is the right and royal man, the man who 
can look the future in the face with equanimity. 
This is the substance of an old truth. I 
doubt if there exists an animal outside of 
the faithful family goat, which is able to 
equal it in frugality, ease of keeping, profit, 
and last, but not least, in adaptability and 
richness of products, a rich suitable milk for 
the ailing baby, and a nourishing meat, when 
the surplus kids are served as a tempting 
roast. 



It is high time that we open our eyes to 
the possibilities of the family milch goat. 
We cannot afford to allow prejudice and ignor- 
ance to drain our pocket book, while innocent 
children suffer for the want of the milk, that 
by experience and test is the best suitable 
for weak digestions. The goat has been lauded 
by the wise men of all ages. Solomon says 
in his Proverbs, chapter 27:26, 27: "The 
lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats 
are the price of thy field. And thou shalt have 
goats' milk for thy food, for the food of 
thy household, and for the maintenance of 
thy maidens." Goats' milk will bring the 
blush of health again to pale cheeks ; it will 
build up run-down systems, and give new 
life and red blood to those in need of a rich, 
easily assimilated food. 

Here is a short story in letters, which 
shows what goats' milk did to insure one 
baby's life. The father wrote under date 
of July 19, 1913: 

' ' Our baby boy, only one we have, is now 
six months old, weighed eight and one-quarter 
pounds at birth, now w T eighs eleven pounds. 
He weighed ten pounds when nearly five weeks 
old, but has been losing ever since, and is 
doing so now. He took sick when five weeks 
old. Our physician called it inflammation of 
the bowels. He has not been well since he 
was weaned from natural food and since he 
was put, under physician's order, on prepared 
foods modified with cows' milk and that the 
best of milk from our own dairy. He is al- 
ways constipated. If goats' milk will help 
him, it will be a godsend, as all foods we 
have tried so far have failed to benefit him." 

A goat was shipped at once, for here was 
a tiny life in the balance, and the baby 
started on diluted goats ' milk as soon as the 
animal had settled down to her new condi- 
tions. We advised the Dr. Sherman formula 
of feeding. Within seven days, to be exact, 
on July 2G, we received the following letter : 

"We gave the baby first feeding this morn- 
ing of the goat's milk, after the goat had 
calmed down and was over her excitement 
of the trip. We reduced it as per your 
directions one-third with boiled water, cooled 
down, and he is resting on it nicely. The 
doctor said to reduce it one-fourth but we 
thought best as you said, since his other food 
is only prepared for one three months old. 
Most of the trouble was caused by the medi- 
cine the doctor gave him, when sick. He gets 
no medicine whatever now and is not worse. 
I do not mean to say, that the doctor was 
prejudiced against goats' milk, only he had 
no experience, perhaps, and did not know; then 
again, he had a prepared food of his own 
to recommend. 

Several years ago my sister lost a child 
of bowel trouble, ending in spinal meningitis. 
They had the best physicians hold a consulta- 
tion and one good old doctor, now dead, told 
them that nothing could be done for the 
child, as it was too late, but if they had 
any more trouble at any time with others 
and could not nurse them, to get a goat and 
feed the milk." 



That goats' milk agreed with the buy, is 
shown by subsequent reports, notably the one 
which was written a few weeks later, Aug. 14.: 

"Our 'little man' seems to be picking up. 
He is on goats ' milk now over two weeks 
and has already gained thirteen ounces, some- 
thing new, as he has not gained for some 
months, rather was losing slowly. We think 
of giving the milk full strength in a few 
weeks, as he has never vomited or been nau- 
seated since fed on goats' milk." 

Today the boy is well and the father is a 
milch goat enthusiast, one of those that keep 
on spreading the gospel of truth. 

Another case was reported to us from Dans- 
ville, N. Y., by the neighbor of a family, 
who had a puny baby which was crying con- 
tinuously, day as well as night. It was slowly 
losing and no remedies seemed to do any good. 
We advised goats' milk as the only possible 
remedy, because in our opinion the baby was 
dying of slow starvation on account of un- 
suitable food. The goat was loaned and 
shipped on trial, because the parents were 
prejudiced against goats. But behold, as soon 
as the goat was over her excitement and felt 
at home, the very first ration of goats' milk 
given to the babe in the evening full strength, 
was proving its value. The child stopped 
crying within one hour and slept the entire 
night through without awakening, suffered no 
nauseating spells and again enjoyed her goats' 
milk breakfast, and has gained every day 
since. The parents think goats' milk is a 
blessing from heaven. They have since bought 
goats in advance for future delivery, so that 
they will never be without goats' milk again. 

Listen what the world 's foremost medical au- 
thorities say regarding the value of goats ' milk. 
Think and ponder them well ! Then go and ' ' get 
a goat. ' ' The mother and father who have the 
best interest of their children at heart, will 
provide them with the milk that is best suited 
to make them physically perfect and robust. 
Remember it takes a perfect and sound body 
to give the mind again a chance to expand 
and grow properly. 

"I have never met with a ease of tuber- 
culosis amongst the goats of Mont d'Or during 
the whole of my twenty-four years of practice 
in that region, ' ' says M. Provent, D. V. S. 
' ' There are in Belgium at the present time 
300,000 milch goats and 900,000 milch cows," 
states Dr. Pol Demade, ' ' amongst these 300,000 
goats there is probably not one affected with 
tuberculosis, whilst amongst the cows, accord- 
ing to whether the estimate be made by an 
optimist or a pessimist, there might be any- 
thing between 50 per cent and 75 per cent 
of animals suffering from or showing signs of 
this disease; the goat is almost immune from 
tuberculosis, while the cow never is." ''"'All 
the different stages of our existence depend 
not only upon nourishment, harmless in char- 
acter, but its perfect assimilation for best 
results," asserts Dr. Louis G. Knox, Dan- 
bury, Conn., "the ideal food for our purpose 
is human milk from healthy, unimpregnated 
mothers. Its only substitute of equal value is 
now offered us and can be supplied from 



healthy, matured, unimpregnated milch goats." 
As a matter of fact, this statement, true as 
it is, tloes not embrace its entire value. A 
mother, engulfed with the duties of household 
and with the petty worries of everyday life 
surrounding her, and often disinclined or 
unable to partake of suitable food or in other 
ways modify her life to best suit her offspring, 
is but rarely able to feerl her babe as nature 
intended it should be fed. Every brain wave 
affecting her disposition and every strain 
unduly exerting the energies of her physique, 
are in turn communicated to the babe that 
she nurses. What a Godsend the family goat 
is! She munches her feed contentedly every 
day, she produces the same rich milk, germ- 
less, and easily assimilated every morn and 
night. The milk is ready for the babe, when 
drawn. It does not need to be pasteurized, 
heated, and made artificially sterile or pure. 
Give it as the goat gave it to you, and it 
will be the "Manna" that will bring the 
baby out of the desert of sickness, troubles 
and worries. 

' ' The milk of the goat approximates more 
in its composition and digestibility to human 
milk than that of any other animal, ' ' says 
Dr. Barbellion of Paris. Goats' milk and 
human milk are digested completely in twenty 
hours, while cows' milk shows only a very 
slight advance after sixty hours. There is a 
reason why weak stomachs rebel against cows' 
milk and why nauseating often sets in. Milk 
is not merely a nutritive liquid, but is en- 
dowed with a desirable activity upon digestion 
and absorption. If the milk is treated, this 
biological activity is lost. We must drink 
it raw, that the natural ferments, contained 
in the milk, aid the weak stomach to assimil- 
ate it. 

Now let us see what it costs to keep a goat 
and what income may be reasonably expected. 
W. G. Todd, who has devoted a long and busy 
life to the solving of this problem, says: 

"It costs, on the average, $10 a year to 
keep a milking goat, but this cost may be 
reduced one-half, or more. Now for the in 
come. A good native goat, well cared fo", 
having kids in January or February, will have 
her kids ready for weaning when grass starts in 
April, and will give one quart of milk a da\ 
for 5 months thereafter, and half that amount 
for 3 months more, making 195 quarts of milk 
that may be retailed in almost any city at 25 
cents a quart among wealthy customers, or 
for infants and invalids. Allowing 5 cents 
a quart for cost of retailing, or, in other 
words, calling the milk 20 cents a quart at 
wholesale, the cash value of the 195 quarts 
is just $39.00. This shows the annual profit 
to be $29.00 on the one-quart goat — the lowest 
grade of native goat that we consider it 
worth while to keep. The two-quart goat, a 
selected native, costing no more to keep, will 
produce a profit of just twice as much, or 
$58.00. The three-quart goat, a low grade 
Swiss, will produce a profit three times as 
much or $87.00. The four-quart, and the 
five quarl goats, high grade Swiss, will produce 
a profit of $116.00, and $145.00 respectively. 






All of this refers only to the annual pro- 
duction of milk. It does not take into con- 
sideration the value of the kids. Most goats 
have two kids, and most often they are a 
buck and a doe. The buck kid should be 
sold when two weeks old in order to give 
the greatest growth possible to the doe kid 
before weaning time, and there is always a 
demand for him. The doe kid from the one- 
ijiiart goat, if sired by a thoroughbred Swiss 
buck, is worth $10.00 at weaning time. The 
doe kids from the two-quart, the three-quart, 
the four and five-quart goats are worth pro- 
portionally more. Any well grown three- 
fourths Swiss doe at weaning time is worth 
$20.00, and will be well worth $40.00 when 
she has her first kids. Adding this value of 
[he kids to the annual value of the milk 
shows the immense profit that there is at the 
present time in goat keeping. There is no 
other domestic animal that pays half as well 
for its feed and care. This ascending scale of 
profits in milk production also indicates the 
proper scale in the prices of milch goats, and 
clearly shows how much more valuable is the 
five-quart, high grade Swiss than the one- 
quart native. 

And there is still an additional, though per- 
haps a somewhat more speculative profit. If 
one has brush land to be cleared, or will buy 
cheap sprout land for clearing, the profit by 
increase of value in the land is large. Four 
goats to the acre will clean up average sprout 
land iu three years and bring in a good crop 
of clover. This sprout land is very cheap in 
some localities. Much of it may be bought 
for $10.00 an acre and made worth $50.00 
an acre in three years. If near cities the 
land will cost more, and the increase in value 
will be proportionally less, but in every case 
it will be enough for a substantial profit. 

A piano box kept against the side of the 
fence in the backyard can be made a very 
comfortable stall for a family milch goat, and 



where there are children in the family, it will 
prove to be the unusual case, where a boy 
or girl will not find delight in caring for 
nanny. Much of her food can be secured 
for the gathering from roadside or waste lot, 
even in the suburbs of cities, and stored for 
winter use, or nanny herself can be tethered 
out on (he lawn or on the vacant lot. It is 
really surprising how little a goat will con- 
sume. Adam Kittelberger, Webster, N. Y., 
who had a goat all summer to keep the grass 
mi his fronl lawn in trim, said that he could 
not see on what the goat really lived and from 
what she furnished the milk that raised his 
children. Again, all who have a garden, will 
be able to use the waste vegetables and weeds 
to advantage for nanny. She will also devour 
with delight potato peelings, and other greens, 
especially if a little salt is sprinkled over 
the same after having been washed clean. 
Nanny is a clean animal, and whatever is 
offered her, must be free from dirt taints. 
For the same reason her stall should be kepi 
scrupulously clean, and her hair combed or 
brushed every day. If a goat is in milking 
condition, the long hair on her flanks and 
bag had best be clipped off short every few 
weeks. 

To keep a goat successfully requires so 
little and the profits from kids and milk are 
so great, and the keeping of a goat has such 
benefiting influence on the children, who should 
be taught to care for them, that any house- 
holder, who has children and the room to 
keep a goat, neglects his opportunities to get 
on better in life, if he fails to get one. After 
the first cost of purchase is out of the way 
and forgotten, many years of pleasure and 
profit, good health and independence, are sure 
to result. 



Twenty million of our people should have 
milch goats to give the little folks their 
natural food. — Dr. J. M. Tracy. 




Imported Saanen Goat gave 1.845 lbs. milk in 1 
months' test at N. Y. Agrl. Exp. Station. 




The Goats Milk Juveniles of "Jagerhof.'* 

The lad and lassies that have been raised on goats milk, who 
tend the goats, milk them and enjoy their products, rich 
milk free from germs, and "roasted kid," the dish of kings. 

Graded goats due to freshen in spring, $25.00 to $50.00. 

Kids of both sexes, in May and June, $10.00 and $15.00. 

"Get a Goat" and watch the "baby grow." 

MRS. KATHRYN JAGER, 

Owner of "Jagerhof" Goat Ranch, 
Barnard, N. Y. 

Pr. HENRY JAGER, Manager. 



II 



Toggenburg Goats 

BRED FROM 

The Most Remarkable Milch Strains 

EVER IMPORTED 



DR. KNOX, 

Danbury, Connecticut. 



insr STUD: 

Knox's ■■KINGCRAFT/' No. 655. A. M. G. R. Ass. 
Fee $15.00 

Knox's "KNOXCRAFT," No. 710. A. M. G. R. Ass. 
Fee $10.00 

If interested send for PEDIGREES. 



j±.rr STTJID: 



Pure Toggenburg Buck 

ALI BABA No. 412 

Champion Rochester Exposition 



A REAL Buck. 



Fee Ten Dollars 



No charge for keeping Does over one period. Atten- 
tion and care of same, naturally of our 
standard — the best. 



DR. E. S. GORDON, Cranbury. N. J. 

A few choice Toggenburgs for sale — the kind you will 
eventually buy. 

WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF THE BEST 

High Bred Pure Swiss Milch Goats 



Magnificent 

Bucks 

Large, Heavy 
Milking Does 

Promising Kids 



Schwarzenburg 

Guggisburger 

Toggenburgs 




"SWISS ECHO 390 1 - 



This young doe "Swiss Echo 390" (pure Saanen) gave at first kidding, when a two-year-old, in a little less 
than 8 months, 2,373,619 lbs. of milk, and during her entire period of lactation 2,564,968 lbs. (year 1912). She was 
raised by 

J. S. COMINS, R. No. 6, Battle Creek, Mich., Box 64. 







DOUBLE QUICK 

Grain Sprouter. 

THE PERPETUAL SILO 

GROWS GREEN FEED WHILE YOl! WAIT. 

Large quantities of sweet, crisp 
sprouts produced in three to six 
days from nothing but clean 
grain, water and the lamp's 
heat. 

Makes two to four bushels of 
feed from one of dry grain. 

Growing sprouts of living sil= 
age has a life and vitality that 
common dairy silage lacks, 
hence is more potent for results. 

The Double Quick Sprouter is 
double walled, metal jacket in= 
side, lamp heat passing up between the walls, grain trays for 
root ventilation which causes quick growths, vapor pan just 
above lamp from which the warm vapor rises and bathes both 
roots and sprouts contributing to immense growths in very 
short time. 

Made in six sizes holding from one-fourth to eight bushels 

of dry grain. 

Send for full information. 

CLOSE -TO -NATURE COMPANY, 

133 Front Street, Colfax, Iowa. 

DR. WILL H. POTTER, 

Kootenai, Idaho, 

NUBIAN AND TOGGENBURGS. 

None better. Nuff sed ! 



Front Door removed showing Oat Sprouts 
8 to 10 inches high, grown with noth- 
ing but warmth and water. 



M. A. NICHOLLS 

Lockport, N. Y. 

Breeder of Milch Goats 



(Est. 1830. Over 40 Years Breeders. "Three 
generations on the Square.") 

Griggsyale Herd Nobnrg Milch Goats 

The modern composite breed "with a Rea- 
son." (Also pure Toggenburg and Saanen; 
closing out latter.) The Nuburgs, constructed 
from choicest strain pure, Six-Quart Toggen- 
burg and renowned Champion Nubian aristoc- 
racy. Progenitors regarded by official authori- 
ties as "wonderful" in yield of Triplets and 
Milk Analysis; a rich, balanced milk, most 
soluble and superior for infants, invalids and 
table use; also the rational nerve tonic. NU- 
BURG POINTS OF MERIT:— 1— Large, with 
great bone structure. 2 — Hardy and vigorous 
(of our fine winter's crop not a kid died). 3 — 
Does remarkable for lack of beard, horns and 
wattles — great advantages. 4 — Prolific, model 
mothers and milkers. 5 — Most Peaceable and 
Gentle. 6 — Handsome, economic "Pets that 
Pay." 7— Pronounced "The Best Milk on 
Earth ; ' ' lots of it and long in flow. Rarely a 
doe to offer. Bucklings much sought. "Nu- 
burg Chief" (Champion triplet) fee, $10; 6 
bred does $50, including Ry. runs, right care, 
etc. — Address further, 

"GRIGGSVALE," 

Troutrun, Pa. 



Dr. H. H. Lauderdale 

Fremont, Ohio 

Breeder ol BRED FOR-MILK GOATS 

Toggenburg and Guggisberger 
and their Grades. 



A choice line of specially 
grown kids is offered to 
discriminating buyers in the 
summer of 1914. Write me ; 
let's get acquainted. If I have 
not what you want and need, 
you cannot give me your 
money. 

GOAT LITERATURE 

All persons interested in Milch Goats, 
especially beginners, will find it to 
their advantage to send for the practi- 
cal information we have had put into 
print. 

Two Leaflets, briefly outlining facts, both 
together, 5 cents. 

Be klet, containing detailed information, 
15 cents. 

THE PRACTICAL GOAT FARM, 

East Bridgewater, Mass. 

Saanen Milch Goats 

STOCK FOR SALE 

M. S. GOODING, Brockport, N. Y. 

H. L. WEBSTER, 

Warsaw, N. Y. 

Toggenburg and Graded Doe 
Kids for Sale. 



, 



HEALTH 



AND 



Goat Culture Farm 

The Original Home of 

Certified Goat Milk 



SCHWARTZENBURQ- 

QUGQISBURGER 



FLORA McKEAND, 

Ebenezer, N. Y. 

PURE 

Toggenburg 

MILCH QOATS 

AND THEIR 

GRADES 

BRED AND FOR SALE. 



ADDRESS EITHER 

William C. Shirley, 

or 
GEORGE W. PREWITT, 

Orleans, Orange Co., Ind. 



Dr. Will H. Potter, 

KOOTENAI, IDAHO, 
Vice President for State. 



Breeder of Choice Pedigreed 

Bred=for-Milk Goats, of 

the best 

Anglo-Nubian 

and 

Toggenburg 

GRADE STRAINS. 



Choice Kids for Sale, Spring of 
1914, $25.00 upwards. 



MONEY in GOATS. 



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The booklet that every beginner should 
carefully read and study. Highly com- 
mended for its sound doctrines by the 
leading goat keepers. 

Price 25 cents per copy, postage 
paid. Address the author, 

W. SHELDON BULL, 

204 Ashland Ave., 

BUFFALO, N. Y. 

GUST. BELKEY 

Glyndon, Minnesota, 

Vice President for the State 



Have good graded Milch Goat 
Buck for service. 

Send your Does to Me. Service 
Fee, $5.00. 





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This buck, "Alta Franz," I imported from Switzerland, where he was 1st 
prize winner and considered perfect in color and coat. 
Write for prices for his services. 

MRS. A. W. LEE, - TOLEDO, OHIO 



SAANEN BUCK 

"Tioronda" No. 424 

A large, well proportioned 
individual, winner at Rochester 
in aged class, defeated only 
by his sire. Fee, $5 00. No 
charge for keeping does over 
one period. Best of experi- 
enced attention. 

For Sale, Saanen and Grade 
Does and Kids. A specialty 
of broken drivers. Complete 
rigs for young folks. 

FRED T. SERVIS, Charlotte, N. Y. 



Frank L Thornton 

No. 164 Pond St. 

PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND 



As Vice President for this State, I 
am now enrolling all goat keepers. 
Write me; let's get acquainted. 




Costs 1 Cent per Gallon. 



Cooper's Powder Dip destroys all the lice 
with one dipping. Kills both live lice and young lice 
which hatch out later. 

Two dippings are necessary with Coal Tar Dips. 

One dipping in Cooper Dip destroys all lice and 
protects against reinfection. 

Cooper's Dip has been in use over 70 years. 
There's a reason. 

Be Sure It's Cooper's— Then Dip 

Write for booklet showing pictures of 1913 State 
Fair winners— it's free. 



WILLM. COOPER & NEPHEWS 



Box E. 



Chicago, Illinois 






LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



"CHIEFTAIN JR." No. 590 

A Thoroughbred Swiss Toggenburg. Service Fee, $10.00 
First Prize Winner, Rochester, N. Y, 1913 

i Chieftain, No. 281. Imported. 
"Chieftain Jr." No. 590 

' Faun, No. 115. Imported. 



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Prince Tetzel 528 



I Hildegaid 183 — Imported. 
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[ Prince Bismark 159— Imported 



Hedda 447 
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Helma 191 
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My wirjnings at the Kochester Milch Goat Show stand alon« and unequaled. 
First and third on Bucks under one year, first and second on Does, including 
Championship for best Doe in show, Gold Special for best exhibit, all breeds com- 
peting, President's Silver Cup (the much coveted trophy), for best display of 



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To genburgs, also Special for best conditioned exhibit, and one for comiDg with UP 

the best goats the longest distance, and three other Specials awarded for excel- ^ 

lency in points. All the above were siven to my herd of thoroughbred Toggen- Jfi 

burgs, making this a win that stamps thf m a> pre-f m'inently THE BEST. UT 

Grade Does, bred to my best Bucks for pale as follows : rj- 

}4 Swiss, $25 % Swiss, $30 % Swiss, $35 Toggenburg Buck Kids, $75 . ^ 

DR. R. SCHMIDT, Hannibal, Mo. 



